Cambodia is closing out 2026 with a run of digital asset policy milestones. A draft Law on the Management of Virtual Assets and Digital Assets is targeting a final draft for November, regulators have published a joint licensing framework for crypto firms, and the country’s blockchain-based payment system, Bakong, has processed 1.33 billion transactions.

Those developments form the backdrop to Black Swan Summit Cambodia, which the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) will host in Phnom Penh on November 15–16.

Cambodia’s Digital Asset Law Targeted for Completion in November

Prime Minister Hun Manet signed a decision on July 8 forming a 26-member inter-ministerial working group to draft the…