Reporting on crypto, regulation and digital finance in Pakistan — what happened, and what it actually means for Pakistani users.
SBP scrapped the scheme that made remittance transfers free, effective 1 July 2026. For the use case that drives most Pakistani crypto activity, the maths just changed.
The allocation is real and the duty exemptions are real. The subsidised tariff that made the numbers work is not — and the hash-rate thresholds circulating online cannot be verified.
The Virtual Assets Act defines asset-referenced tokens broadly enough to cover real estate — and PVARA has opened applications. What is missing is everything underneath.
PVARA has opened applications for Asset-Referenced Token issuance while full VASP licensing stays shut. The order it chose tells you what Pakistan is trying to build.
PVARA's Sandbox Guidelines 2026 require applicants to confirm their product is not designed for speculation — and put Shariah advisors into the evaluation criteria.
The ECC funded Pakistan's virtual asset regulator in September 2025. Ten months on, here is the verifiable record — what has shipped, and what has not.
The law that ended Pakistan's crypto grey zone — what it requires, who needs a licence, what the penalties are, and the five things it deliberately does not do.
Bilal Bin Saqib has stepped down only from his advisory role, not from his position overseeing Pakistan’s crypto and digital asset developments. The move raises key questions about PVARA’s delayed regulatory framework, the future of Bitcoin mining in Pakistan.
Pakistan’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has invited global crypto exchanges and VASPs to register under a new framework, aiming to regulate $300B in annual trading volume and bring transparency to its 40M+ crypto users.
This week in crypto saw $500M liquidations, Eric Trump’s $1M Bitcoin prediction, new UK laws, Pakistan’s first crypto regulator (PVARA), and even Google launching its own blockchain. Discover the biggest Bitcoin and crypto news shaping markets worldwide.
Pakistan takes a historic step as the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) holds its first board meeting, setting the stage for Bitcoin and crypto regulation in the country’s digital future.
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