Arab Monetary Fund and Central Bank of Jordan convene virtual assets regulation workshop as Jordan prepares implementing rules for its Virtual Assets Law

The Arab Monetary Fund, working with the Central Bank of Jordan, held a specialised workshop on virtual assets on the sidelines of the Jordan FinTech Festival 2025, bringing together regulators, supervisors, law enforcement and financial-sector participants to discuss policy design and implementation. The session positioned Jordan’s recently enacted Virtual Assets Law as the foundation for a nationally tailored framework aligned with global best practices, with draft regulatory instructions now being prepared to operationalise the law. Discussions focused on balancing innovation with safeguards for financial stability, including risks linked to money laundering and terrorist financing, consumer protection and broader system stability. The authorities emphasised the need for coordinated roles across supervisors, financial institutions, fintech firms and entrepreneurs, while the Arab Monetary Fund highlighted how rapid digitalisation, distributed ledger technology, decentralised finance and artificial intelligence are driving global updates to supervisory frameworks and the adoption of digital supervisory and regulatory tools.