Blockchain and Crypto-Assets 2026

CANADA Law and Practice Contributed by: Irbaz Wahab Cloudhaus Law

Greenland

Canada

Ottawa

USA

Contents 1. Overview of Blockchain and Crypto-Assets p.164 1.1 Blockchain p.164 1.2 Crypto-Assets p.165 2. Regulation p.167 2.1 Regulators and International Alignment p.167 2.2 Crypto-Asset Regulatory Frameworks p.167 2.3 Regulated Firms and Legal Wrappers p.167 2.4 Token Issuance p.167 2.5 Market Abuse p.168 2.6 Non-Compliance p.168 3. Licensing and Set-Up Requirements p.168

3.1 Licensing Requirements p.168 3.2 Set-Up Requirements p.168 3.3 Change of Control p.169 3.4 Passporting p.169 4. Cross-Border Services p.169 4.1 Marketing p.169 4.2 White Labelling p.169 5. Decentralised Finance p.170 5.1 Ability to Use DeFi p.170 5.2 DeFi Structures p.170 5.3 Liability p.170 6. Payments and Stablecoins p.170

6.1 Payments p.170 6.2 Stablecoins p.170 7. Tokenisation and Real-World Assets p.171 7.1 Treatment p.171

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