Is crypto legal in Taiwan?

The quotes below are in Traditional Chinese, exactly as Taiwan’s regulators published them. This introduction explains in English what each of them says.

The first comes from the page on virtual asset service providers (VASPs) of the Securities and Futures Bureau (SFB) of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), updated on 28 October 2026. It says that under Article 6(1) of the Money Laundering Control Act, a business or person providing virtual asset services that has not completed anti-money-laundering registration with the central competent authority may not provide virtual asset services, and that violators face criminal liability of up to two years. The same page lists the providers that have completed the registration.

The second comes from an FSC press release of 30 June 2026, which reports that the Legislative Yuan passed the Virtual Asset Services Act on third reading that day. It says that the date on which the Act takes effect will be set by the Executive Yuan. VASPs that completed anti-money-laundering registration before then, and financial institutions already providing related services under FSC rules, must apply to the FSC for a licence within 12 months after the Act takes effect and obtain it within 21 months; if necessary, this period can be extended once by three months.

The third comes from an FSC press release of 25 June 2024. The FSC says that offshore virtual asset trading platforms are not institutions approved by the FSC and may not be supervised by foreign regulators either, that the products are offered from abroad, that trading information is not transparent, prices are volatile and the investment risk is high. It urges people who trade through such platforms to be on their guard, since they may not be protected in a dispute and bear the risks themselves.

The fourth is an answer of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (CBC), published on 19 September 2019. It says that central banks around the world consider virtual currencies not to be money but closer to speculative commodities or speculative assets, and that the CBC and the FSC said in a joint press release at the end of 2013 that Bitcoin is not money and warned the public of the risks.

Before you use a provider, check whether it is on the SFB’s list of registered VASPs, linked below.