Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP)

FATF defines Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) as any natural or legal person who is not covered elsewhere under the Recommendations, and as a business conducts one or more of the following activities or operations for or on behalf of another natural or legal person:

• exchange between virtual assets and fiat currencies;
• exchange between one or more forms of virtual assets;
• transfer of virtual assets;
• safekeeping and/or administration of virtual assets or instruments enabling control over virtual assets; and
• participation in and provision of financial services related to an issuer’s offer and/or sale of a virtual asset.