Crypto & Digital Assets - Qatar

RestrictedQFC Digital Assets Framework 2024 (QFC Digital Assets Regulations 2024, Investment Token Rules 2024, Token Service Provider Guidelines), administered by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) and Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA); cryptocurrency activity remains separately prohibited under Qatar Central Bank Circular No. 6 of 2018 and the 2019 QFCRA alert.

Qatar runs a split regime. Since 1 September 2024 the QFC permits and regulates 'token services' (including operating a token exchange) for asset-backed 'Permitted/Investment Tokens', requiring QFCRA authorisation. However, cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and CBDCs are classified as 'Excluded Tokens' and conventional crypto/virtual-asset exchange and trading remain banned by the Qatar Central Bank and QFCRA. There is therefore no licensing pathway for a conventional crypto VASP/exchange, only for tokenised-asset exchanges.

Machine-assisted translation · verified 5/23/2026 · orientation, not legal advice. English version →