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Is crypto legal in Comoros? Regulation & rules (2026)
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The Union of Comoros has no enacted national legislation specifically governing cryptocurrency or digital assets. The Banque Centrale des Comores has repeatedly warned that licenses issued by the autonomous islands' offshore authorities (AOFA and MISA) are fictitious and legally invalid — a position reaffirmed in December 2025. There is no formal licensing, tax, or investor-protection regime for crypto at the Union level.
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The Union of Comoros has not enacted any legislation specifically regulating cryptocurrency exchanges, stablecoins, token offerings, or custody services at the national level as of May 2026.
In June 2022, the BCC issued a communiqué warning against fictitious structures claiming to issue financial licenses in the Union; this was re-published as a reminder by the Ministry of Finance in December 2025.
The World Bank and IMF have flagged offshore banking and licensing schemes emanating from Comoros autonomous islands as illegal, breaching Union law that assigns financial regulation solely to the central government.
MetaQuotes stopped issuing MetaTrader platform licenses to brokers registered in the Union of Comoros, disrupting dozens of offshore firms that had relied on Anjouan/Mwali crypto and forex licenses.
As of February 2026, Comoros does not appear on the FATF grey list (Jurisdictions Under Increased Monitoring), though no comprehensive Union-level VASP AML/CFT framework is in place.
In February 2026, Axian received a decentralised digital financial institution (IFDD) licence directly from the BCC, the first such licence from the central bank, signalling nascent Union-level digital-finance activity.
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