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Kenya's securities regulator, which under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulations gazetted on 24 July 2026 became the licensing gate for exchanges, token issuance platforms and any tokenized securities offering marketed to Kenyan investors.
Kenya's securities regulator, established under the Capital Markets Act with a mandate to license and supervise market intermediaries and to develop the country's capital markets. Under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulations gazetted on 24 July 2026 it supervises exchanges, token issuance platforms, initial coin offerings and tokenisation activity, while the Central Bank of Kenya takes virtual-asset-to-fiat conversion and stablecoin issuance. That division makes it the licensing gate for any tokenized securities offering marketed to Kenyan investors.
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Kenya gazetted the Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulations, 2026 on 24 July 2026, completing implementation of the VASP Act assented to in October 2025. The Central Bank of Kenya will supervise fiat conversion services and stablecoin issuers, while the…
The Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, Act No. 20 of 2025, received assent on 15 October 2025 and commenced on 4 November 2025. It splits supervision between the Central Bank of Kenya, which takes wallet providers, payment processors and stablecoin issuance, and the Capital Markets Authority, which takes exchanges, brokers, advisers, managers and initial coin offering providers.
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