The Financial Services Commission of Mauritius has announced that the following FSC Rules have been issued under the Virtual Asset and Initial Token Offerings Services Act, and have come into effect on 01 July 2022

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The rules include: 

1. Virtual Asset and Initial Token Offerings Services (Capital and Other Financial Requirements) Rules 2022; 
2. Virtual Asset and Initial Token Offerings Services (Client Disclosure) Rules 2022; 
3. Virtual Asset and Initial Token Offerings Services (Custody of Client Assets) Rules 2022;
4. Virtual Asset and Initial Token Offerings Services (Cybersecurity) Rules 2022; 
5. Virtual Asset and Initial Token Offerings Services (Publication of Advertisements) Rules 2022; 
6. Virtual Asset and Initial Token Offerings Services (Risk Management) Rules 2022; and
7. Virtual Asset and Initial Token Offerings Services (Statutory Returns) Rules 2022.

Mauritius has always been at the forefront of promoting crypto-backed assets in Africa. The country’s Financial Services Commission (FSC), the integrated regulator for the non-bank financial services sector of Mauritius, recently announced a framework aimed at ensuring more regulatory certainty with regards to security token trading systems in the country. The regulatory body stated that the move would enable the implementation of a common set of standards for the licensing of Security Token Trading Systems in Mauritius. The FSC released a 15 — page document outlining the new standards to that effect. 

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