When it comes to Jordan crypto law 2025, the official regulatory framework for digital assets in Jordan as of 2025, including licensing rules, tax treatment, and trading restrictions. Also known as Jordan’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Framework, it marks the country’s first clear attempt to bring crypto under formal state control. Unlike neighbors like the UAE or Saudi Arabia, Jordan didn’t go all-in on crypto adoption. Instead, it drew a line: you can hold and transfer crypto, but you can’t use it to pay for goods, and you can’t trade on unlicensed platforms.
This law doesn’t ban Bitcoin or Ethereum—it just says you need to do it through approved channels. The Jordan Central Bank, the national monetary authority overseeing financial stability and licensing of digital asset service providers now works with the Jordan Financial Services Regulatory Authority (JFSRA), the government body responsible for licensing and supervising virtual asset service providers under the 2025 law to track who’s doing what. If you’re trading on Binance, KuCoin, or any foreign exchange without a local license, you’re technically in a gray zone—even if you’re not getting arrested. The real risk? Your funds could get frozen if the government cracks down on unlicensed platforms.
What does this mean for regular users? If you bought crypto in 2024 and kept it in your wallet, you’re fine. But if you’re trying to cash out to JOD through an unregulated exchange, you’re asking for trouble. The law also introduced strict KYC rules—no more anonymous wallets. Every exchange operating in Jordan must verify your ID, phone, and address. And taxes? Profits from crypto sales are now taxable as capital gains, though the exact rate is still being finalized. No one’s auditing every small trade yet, but the system is built to catch big players.
Compared to Pakistan’s 2025 legalization (which banned retail trading but allowed institutional use), Jordan’s approach is more about control than innovation. There’s no national digital currency like Pakistan’s Digital PKR, and no push for DeFi adoption. The focus is on preventing money laundering and protecting consumers from scams—something the posts below show is still a huge problem. From fake airdrops like BSC AMP (BAMP), a token with zero trading volume and no official airdrop, often used in phishing schemes targeting Jordanian users to fake exchanges like MM Finance (Polygon), a non-existent platform falsely marketed as a crypto exchange with a dead token and zero liquidity, scammers are still targeting people who don’t know the rules.
So what’s next? If you’re in Jordan and want to trade crypto legally, you need to stick to licensed platforms—though none are fully operational yet. Until then, most people use peer-to-peer apps or offshore exchanges, hoping they won’t get flagged. The law doesn’t make crypto illegal—it just makes it harder, slower, and riskier. The posts below dive into exactly that: real cases of failed exchanges, fake airdrops, and risky tokens that could wipe out your savings if you’re not careful. You’ll find reviews of platforms that claim to serve Middle Eastern users, breakdowns of tokens with no real use, and warnings about scams that look legit. This isn’t theory. These are the traps people are walking into right now—because they didn’t know the law.
Jordan lifted its decade-long crypto ban in 2025 with a new law that lets banks handle crypto under strict rules. Here’s what changed, who’s in charge, and what it means for users and businesses.
