Ireland has introduced its first national anti-money laundering strategy through 2030, placing enhanced checks on private-wallet transfers and overseas crypto firms among its main digital-asset controls.
Summary
- Ireland’s first national AML strategy will guide financial crime policy through 2030.
- Crypto firms must apply enhanced checks to certain transfers involving self-hosted wallets.
- Ireland ended its 12-month MiCA transition period in December 2025.
- Gambling regulators must develop crypto source-of-funds standards by the second quarter of 2027.
Ireland’s crypto strategy increases transfer checks
Ireland’s Department of Finance said on Thursday that…
