{"jurisdictions":[{"jurisdiction":"European Union","code":"EU","status":"pending","scope":"Banks, financial institutions and crypto-asset service providers (CASPs)","effective_on":null,"summary":"Under the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR, Article 79), regulated institutions and CASPs may not maintain anonymous accounts or accounts using anonymity-enhancing coins such as Monero, from 2027. The rule applies to these regulated businesses.","source_url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-crypto-ban-anonymous-privacy-tokens-2027","source_title":"Cointelegraph, May 2025 (updated July 2026)","checked_on":"2026-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z"},{"jurisdiction":"Dubai (VARA, mainland Dubai)","code":"AE-DU","status":"ban","scope":"Issuers and virtual asset service providers licensed by VARA","effective_on":null,"summary":"VARA's Virtual Assets and Related Activities Regulations 2023 prohibit issuing anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrencies and all related virtual asset activities in its jurisdiction, which covers most of Dubai outside the DIFC.","source_url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/dubai-difc-dfsa-crypto-token-suitability-rule-change","source_title":"Cointelegraph","checked_on":"2026-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z"},{"jurisdiction":"Dubai International Financial Centre (DFSA)","code":"AE-DIFC","status":"no-ban","scope":"Firms licensed in the DIFC free zone","effective_on":null,"summary":"No explicit ban on privacy coins by name. Since the 2026 rule change, licensed firms decide themselves whether a token meets the DFSA suitability criteria, which may lead many to avoid privacy coins.","source_url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/dubai-difc-dfsa-crypto-token-suitability-rule-change","source_title":"Cointelegraph","checked_on":"2026-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z"},{"jurisdiction":"Abu Dhabi (ADGM)","code":"AE-AZ","status":"no-ban","scope":"Firms licensed in Abu Dhabi Global Market","effective_on":null,"summary":"Risk-based approach without an outright ban on privacy coins.","source_url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/dubai-difc-dfsa-crypto-token-suitability-rule-change","source_title":"Cointelegraph","checked_on":"2026-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z"},{"jurisdiction":"Japan","code":"JP","status":"restricted","scope":"Licensed exchanges","effective_on":null,"summary":"Trading of privacy coins on regulated exchanges was banned in 2018, according to Chainalysis as cited by CryptoSlate.","source_url":"https://cryptoslate.com/privacy-tokens-reach-highest-delisting-rate-in-2024-kaiko/","source_title":"CryptoSlate (Kaiko report), Oct 2024","checked_on":"2026-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z"},{"jurisdiction":"South Korea","code":"KR","status":"restricted","scope":"Licensed exchanges","effective_on":null,"summary":"Regulators began pressuring exchanges to drop privacy coins in 2020, according to Chainalysis as cited by CryptoSlate.","source_url":"https://cryptoslate.com/privacy-tokens-reach-highest-delisting-rate-in-2024-kaiko/","source_title":"CryptoSlate (Kaiko report), Oct 2024","checked_on":"2026-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z"},{"jurisdiction":"Australia","code":"AU","status":"restricted","scope":"Licensed exchanges","effective_on":null,"summary":"Regulators began pressuring exchanges to drop privacy coins in 2020, according to Chainalysis as cited by CryptoSlate.","source_url":"https://cryptoslate.com/privacy-tokens-reach-highest-delisting-rate-in-2024-kaiko/","source_title":"CryptoSlate (Kaiko report), Oct 2024","checked_on":"2026-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z"}]}