Tokenization & crypto licensing in Côte d'Ivoire
What the authorities publish on tokenized assets and digital-asset providers, and why it could or could not be read.
Buying crypto in Côte d'Ivoire: what to know
Restricted- Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) — Regional central bank for WAEMU; states crypto is not money and not regulated, and is drafting a regional crypto framework (C-CRYPTO committee)
- Autorité des Marchés Financiers de l'UMOA (AMF-UMOA) — Regional capital-market regulator; works with the BCEAO on the future crypto framework
- Comité de Veille sur les placements financiers illicites (Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et du Budget / DGTCP) — National watchdog on illicit investment offers; issues public warnings and takes reports
- Direction Générale des Impôts (DGI) — Tax authority
No DGI guidance on crypto for individuals was found. There is no confirmed specific tax rule for crypto gains; general tax rules may apply.
Gains: unconfirmed
- Crypto is not legal tender in WAEMU; the CFA franc issued by the BCEAO is the legal currency, and the BCEAO says crypto is not regulated.
- No platform is approved in Côte d'Ivoire, so foreign platforms used by residents are not supervised locally.
- Authorities warn of fraudulent crypto investment offers promising high returns; report them to the Comité de Veille (toll-free 8000 10 10).
- FATF removed Côte d'Ivoire from its grey list on 30 Oct 2026; expect strict identity checks on transfers.
Checked 2026-11-05 · Confidence: medium · Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Not confirmed: Any DGI tax rule or rate for crypto gains of individuals (DGI site search found nothing; 15% figure only on commercial calculator sites) · Which authority grants VASP approval and whether a public register exists · CENTIF-CI role as FIU for VASP suspicious-transaction reports (text of Ordinance 2023-875 not opened; CivLII link 404) · Original BCEAO warning communiqué (2018) on bceao.int · Any AMF-UMOA statement on crypto on amf-umoa.org · FATF official page (403); grey-list exit from secondary source only
Compiled to the best of our knowledge from the sources linked. Information, not tax or legal advice. Rules change — check the linked official sources before acting.
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What the authorities publish — and what we read
Status: Register exists, not machine-readable. Every address below was loaded, not guessed. A register entry records that an authority licensed, registered or approved something; it says nothing about whether you may or should buy it.
| Authority | Register | Finding |
|---|---|---|
| AMF-UMOA / BCEAO (WAEMU) | see WAEMU row | Register exists, not machine-readable about 0 entries |