Kenya’s new digital asset law is bold, but is it future-proof?

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Kenya’s new crypto law is a milestone, but its real test is balancing innovation with financial safeguards.

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Kenya has taken a bold leap into the digital finance frontier with the passage of the Virtual Asset Service Providers (Vasp) Bill, 2025 into law.

For a country where millions already trade cryptocurrency informally, this legislation is long overdue. But as the ink dries, the real question emerges: does this new act merely regulate the present, or does it boldly anticipate the future?

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