Readings from the other desks

Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.

In preparation. This chapter is seeded with Nexus Standards’s reading printed in the GCRI edition; Nexus Standards replaces it with its own text when it writes the edition.
Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. 1Where standards are needed
  3. 2Adoption findings
  4. 3Domain and industry profiles
  5. 4Conformance and assurance
  6. 5Change scenarios
  7. 6Readings from the other desks
    1. 6.1 Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition
    2. 6.2 Readings from the other desks
    3. 6.3 Contribute to this chapter
  8. 7Standards work programme
  9. 8Crosswalks

6.1Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition

The instruments that shape the systems of Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers, as printed in the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition. Instruments and published guidance that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. The edition assesses no one’s compliance.

InstrumentBodyScopeStatusRelevance
GENIUS Act, Public Law 119-27 [13]US CongressUSIN FORCE 2025 · EFFECTIVE DATE PENDINGpayment stablecoins
MiCA, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 [14] [34]EU legislatorsEUIN FORCE 2023 · APPLIES FROM 30 DECEMBER 2024crypto-asset markets
MiCA rules for ART and EMT issuers [15]EBAEUAPPLIED FROM 30 JUNE 2024token issuers
Transfer of Funds Regulation [35]EU legislatorsEUIN FORCEtravel rule
FSB framework for crypto-asset activities [11]FSBglobalPUBLISHED 2023regulatory framework
Basel crypto-asset standard SCO60 [16]Basel CommitteeglobalPUBLISHED 2022 · UNDER REVIEWbank exposures
FATF standards on virtual assets [26]FATFglobalPUBLISHEDillicit finance controls
ISO/TC 307 on blockchain [32] [33]ISOglobalCOMMITTEE ACTIVEterminology and standards
NIST post-quantum standards [22]NISTUS, used globallyPUBLISHED 2024signature algorithms
NIST IR 8202 [2]NISTUSPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYtechnology overview

6.2Readings from the other desks

Cross-references to the other desks’ editions for the same subject, never copies of them.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
Standards ProgressStandards Progress: Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers 2026In preparationNR-NXS-XT-11-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems EvidenceSystems Evidence: Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-XTECH-DLT-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
GRA Capital ReadinessOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
Academy CapabilityCapability: Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers 2026In preparationNR-RA-XT-11-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

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