As blockchain technology and digital assets continue to evolve beyond their early use cases, businesses are navigating an increasingly sophisticated regulatory and commercial landscape.
The Chambers Blockchain & Crypto-Assets 2026 Global Practice Guide examines the key legal and regulatory issues affecting the sector across more than 30 jurisdictions, including licensing, cross-border activity, decentralised finance, stablecoins and tokenisation.
Aaron Payas, Jeremy Requena, Jerome Compson and Reece Atikinson have contributed the Gibraltar chapter, providing an overview of the jurisdiction's legal and regulatory framework and the developments shaping its digital asset ecosystem.
You can view the Gibraltar content here, along with the contributions from the other jurisdictions.
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Gibraltar was an early mover in blockchain regulation, introducing its Distributed Ledger Technology Framework (the “DLT Framework”) in October 2017, which came into force on 1 January 2018. This made Gibraltar the first jurisdiction to implement a dedicated regulatory regime for firms using DLT to store or transmit value belonging to others, overseen by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC).
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Gibraltar Opens the Door to Tokenised Fund Shares: What It Means and Who Can Use It
DLT now sits inside Gibraltar's statutory framework for investment funds, a step most jurisdictions have discussed without legislating...
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