{"id":547206,"date":"2026-07-14T17:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?post_type=crypto_law&p=547206"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:37:46","slug":"bolivia-bcb-resolution-082-2024-virtual-assets","status":"publish","type":"crypto_law","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/crypto-laws\/bolivia-bcb-resolution-082-2024-virtual-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"BCB Resolution 082\/2024 on Virtual Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bolivia\u2019s Banco Central de Bolivia (BCB) Board Resolution No. 082\/2024<\/a> is the central-bank measure that changed Bolivia\u2019s treatment of virtual-asset transactions in the regulated payments system. Adopted in La Paz on June 25, 2024 and effective upon publication, the resolution leaves Board Resolution No. 144\/2020 without effect and is treated here as in force for Bolivia as of July 10, 2026. Its practical effect is not a full crypto-asset licensing framework; it removes the prior BCB restriction so that electronic payment channels and Instrumentos Electr\u00f3nicos de Pago (IEP) may be used for purchase and sale operations involving virtual assets, subject to later supervisory rules and risk warnings.<\/p>\n

What BCB Resolution 082\/2024 changed<\/h3>\n

The operative text is short. Article 1 states that BCB Board Resolution No. 144\/2020 of December 15, 2020 is left without effect. Article 2 provides that Resolution 082\/2024 enters into force from its publication. Article 3 directs the BCB to include conceptual information and risks associated with virtual-asset operations in its Economic and Financial Education Plan. Article 4 assigns communication of the resolution to the BCB General Management.<\/p>\n

The BCB\u2019s public notice<\/a> explains the policy result more directly: the repeal enables use of electronic payment channels and IEP for purchase and sale operations involving virtual assets. For readers, the measure is best described as a payments-access and regulatory-perimeter change, rather than as a comprehensive authorization of crypto activity. It is also a useful marker for the transition from a restrictive central-bank position to a supervised, risk-disclosure approach.<\/p>\n

Regulatory context for virtual assets in Bolivia<\/h3>\n

The resolution cites Bolivia\u2019s monetary, payments, financial-services, fintech and AML\/CFT framework, including the Constitution, Law No. 901 on the boliviano, Law No. 1670 on the BCB, Law No. 393 on financial services, Law No. 1543, Supreme Decree No. 4904, FATF standards and the GAFILAT mutual evaluation of Bolivia. The cited GAFILAT context is important because the BCB describes virtual-asset and virtual-asset-service-provider activity as already occurring in Bolivia, while recommending consideration of PSAV regulation consistent with Bolivian public policy.<\/p>\n

Legal tender and user-risk boundaries<\/h3>\n

Resolution 082\/2024 does not make virtual assets legal tender. The BCB states that the boliviano remains Bolivia\u2019s only legal-tender currency, that a virtual asset is not legal tender or cash, and that the public is not required to accept virtual assets as a means of payment. The central bank also states that inherent risks from use and commercialization of virtual assets are assumed by users.<\/p>\n

This boundary matters for legal interpretation: Bolivia did not adopt crypto as money. A more precise formulation is that Bolivia rescinded the 2020 BCB restriction and enabled regulated electronic payment instruments to be used for virtual-asset purchase and sale operations, while maintaining the boliviano\u2019s legal-tender status. The distinction also separates payment-channel access from questions of tax treatment, custody, securities law, consumer claims or exchange licensing.<\/p>\n

Supervisory follow-through<\/h3>\n

BCB Resolution 082\/2024 was coordinated with the Autoridad de Supervisi\u00f3n del Sistema Financiero (ASFI) and the Unidad de Investigaciones Financieras (UIF). ASFI later issued Circular ASFI\/827\/2024 and Resolution ASFI\/637\/2024 on July 1, 2024, putting in force amendments to the regulation on issuance and administration of electronic payment instruments related to virtual-asset use. In 2025, Bolivia also adopted Supreme Decree No. 5384<\/a>, which regulates Empresas de Tecnolog\u00eda Financiera and defines virtual assets, blockchain, tokens and Proveedores de Servicios de Activos Virtuales (PSAV).<\/p>\n

Status and timeline<\/h3>\n

The current status should be classified as \u201cIn force\u201d because the resolution became effective upon publication and official 2025 BCB materials continued to discuss Resolution 082\/2024 as an operative policy basis. The resolution should be read alongside later ASFI and executive-branch fintech rules, which may be more relevant for licensing, registration, consumer protection or PSAV operations than the BCB resolution itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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