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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas banned privacy coins entirely and set six evaluation pillars that all virtual asset exchanges must use before listing any crypto token for trading.
BlockShoals Technologies is integrating with a BSP-licensed VASP partner to develop secure Philippine peso fiat rails, a requirement for Binance's testing phase under the SEC's StratBox sandbox framework.
BlockShoals Technologies selected a Bangko Sentral-licensed Virtual Asset Service Provider to meet its SEC StratBox testing requirements after the BSP confirmed neither BlockShoals nor Binance holds a VASP Certificate of Authority in the Philippines.
Philippine regulators identified guaranteed daily returns of 1% to 2% as the clearest red flag of a crypto Ponzi scheme. Platforms must secure both an SEC secondary license and a BSP VASP certificate to operate legally.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas targets service providers that enable users to convert, transfer, hold, or exchange virtual assets for others. Once an entity facilitates conversion, custody, transfer, safekeeping, or exchange of virtual assets, it falls under BSP supervision as a Virtual Asset Service Provider.