Crypto & Digital Assets · Algeria
Crypto & Digital Assets - Algeria
Crypto is comprehensively illegal in Algeria. Law No. 25-10 (24 July 2025) criminalizes issuing, buying, selling, using, holding, trading, promoting and mining of 'virtual assets,' and bans operating exchange platforms or wallets. There is no licensing, no legal market and no tax framework; violations carry prison terms of 2 months to 1 year and fines of 200,000–1,000,000 DZD.
Law 25-10 bans issuing, purchasing, selling, using, possessing, trading and promoting virtual assets, and creating/operating trading platforms or e-wallets — for any purpose (payment, investment, savings).
Violations are punishable by 2 months to 1 year imprisonment and fines of 200,000–1,000,000 DZD (≈ USD 1,540–7,700).
Article 117 of the 2018 Finance Law already prohibited the purchase, sale, use and possession of virtual currency; the 2025 law makes that prohibition explicitly criminal and far more detailed.
Crypto mining is included in the prohibition; energy-consumption concerns were a stated motivation for outlawing intensive computational mining.
The ban sits inside Law 05-01 on combating money laundering and terrorist financing; crypto-assets are defined as 'property, income, funds or financial assets,' and oversight rests with the Bank of Algeria and Banking Commission.
Because all activity is criminalized, there is no licensing regime for exchanges/custodians and no tax framework; income from crypto is not recognized and cannot be lawfully declared.
Machine-assisted translation · verified 5/23/2026 · orientation, not legal advice. English version →