The Monetary Authority of Singapore, a major licensing venue for crypto and digital-asset service providers in Asia.

Markets in Crypto-Assets, the EU regulation that licenses crypto issuers and service providers and sets rules for stablecoins.

A MiCA category for a crypto-asset that seeks to maintain a stable value by referencing one official currency.

A service that pools and shuffles coins to hide the link between sender and receiver. Heavily sanctioned and prosecuted.

A state-licensed business that transmits value for customers. Many U.S. exchanges hold these licenses.