Crypto in Lebanon

Current Banque du Liban circulars define virtual assets and prohibit banks and financial institutions from issuing, dealing in, or facilitating them unless BdL regulations authorise it. The same restriction appears for licensed electronic-payment providers. This does not establish that a foreign platform, P2P arrangement, or familiar brand is locally authorised, nor does it alone decide the status of every individual holding. Verify the current scope with Banque du Liban and local advice before acting.

Official source for this framework: Banque du Liban: prohibition on bank and financial-institution dealings in virtual assets (supports: regulatory status, regulatory framework, regulatory timeline) · Banque du Liban: electronic-payment-provider virtual-asset prohibition (supports: regulatory status, regulatory framework, regulatory timeline)