Tokenization & crypto licensing in the Philippines
1 official register read, 1 entries from Bureau of the Treasury. 3 instruments from here are in our catalogue.
Buying crypto in the Philippines: what to know
Legal- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) — Registers crypto-asset service providers (CASP Rules, SEC MC No. 4 and 5 of 2025)
- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) — Licenses virtual asset service providers (VASPs)
- Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) — Taxation
There is no crypto-specific tax rule; gains fall under general income tax, usually at graduated rates of up to 35%, and the BIR has issued no regulation on crypto.
Gains: No specific rule; general income tax, graduated rates up to 35%
- In 2025 the SEC flagged OKX, Bybit, MEXC, KuCoin, Bitget, Phemex, CoinEx, BitMart, Poloniex and Kraken as unregistered; access was blocked by telecom providers.
- Check SEC and BSP advisories for the registration status of a platform.
- Tax treatment is not codified; keep transaction records.
Checked 2026-10-29 · Confidence: medium · Sources: [1][2][3][4]
Not confirmed: BSP moratorium on new VASP licences (removed) · Tax treatment of individual crypto gains · No official SEC/BSP register opened
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: Public register, read. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BSP | List of Virtual Asset Service Providers | Public register, read about 9 entries |
| SEC PH | CASP-Register (MC 04/05-2025) | No public register about 0 entries |
| Bureau of the Treasury | Tokenized Treasury Bonds — GS-Emissionstabelle | Public register, read |
Monthly Government Securities Issuances — row "Tokenized Bonds"
Registered issues · 1 entriesBureau of the Treasury (BTr) · source · read 2026-10-14
| Register no. | Name |
|---|---|
| 2023-11 | Republic of the Philippines — Tokenized Treasury Bonds |
In our catalogue: 3 instruments from Philippines
2 live, 1 matured or ended.