Virtual asset service provider (non-MiCA) · El Salvador

Proveedor de Servicios de Activos Digitales (PSAD) registration (El Salvador)

The Proveedor de Servicios de Activos Digitales (PSAD) registration is issued by National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD) under Ley de Emisión de Activos Digitales (Digital Assets Issuance Law), Decreto Legislativo No. 643. The legal decision period is 20 business days for CNAD to evaluate a complete PSAD application. The application fee is USD 5,475. Ownership changes need the regulator's approval before completion.

Last verified 2026-09-24Regulator CNADMarkdown · Data (CC BY 4.0)
Proveedor de Servicios de Activos Digitales (PSAD) registration: licenceVASP

At a glance

Official nameProveedor de Servicios de Activos Digitales (PSAD) registration1
Issued byNational Commission of Digital Assets
JurisdictionEl Salvador
Licence familyVirtual asset service provider (non-MiCA)
Legal basisLey de Emisión de Activos Digitales (Digital Assets Issuance Law), Decreto Legislativo No. 6432
PassportingDomestic only
Application feeUSD 5,4751
Statutory decision time20 business days for CNAD to evaluate a complete PSAD application1
Public registerofficial register3
Current holdersAt least 42 confirmed by registration numbers PSAD-0051 to PSAD-0097 visible on the live register on 2026-09-24 (the page does not render a stated total or earlier entries); a March 2026 Cointelegraph/TradingView report put the figure at 64 authorised companies3

What it lets you do

  • Virtual asset exchange (FATF). Exchanging virtual assets for fiat currency or for other virtual assets as a business, as defined in the FATF glossary.
  • Virtual asset transfer (FATF). Conducting transactions that move virtual assets between addresses or accounts on behalf of another person.
  • Virtual asset safekeeping (FATF). Safekeeping or administering virtual assets, or instruments enabling control over them, for another person.

Where it is valid

El Salvador licence, domesticEl Salvador
Valid in El Salvador.

Cost

Cost components, upper bound total USD 5,475Application fee: USD 5,475
Regulatory costs from the official sources above. Professional fees, staff, office and audit come on top and depend on the business model.

How long it takes

Time to licence: statutory 0.9-0.9 monthsStatutory0.9 months

Statutory: 20 business days for CNAD to evaluate a complete PSAD application1. Observed: not published. The statutory clock usually starts only when the regulator treats the application as complete, and pauses while it waits for answers to its questions.

Buying a company that already holds it

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Ready-made companies holding this licence: see verified positions.

Laws behind it

Getting this licence

Protegra handles this licence end to end: crypto licensing in El Salvador: process, timeline and our fee.

Last verified 2026-09-24Author Danil Marmysh, Founder & CEO, ProtegraReviewed by Anastasia Sidorenkova, Head of Licensing, ProtegraReport an errorReference information, not legal advice.

Sources

  1. cnad.gob.sv: register as digital assets service provider dasp · retrieved 2026-09-24
  2. cnad.gob.sv: 1. Ley de Emision de Activos Digitales DL 643 (PDF) · retrieved 2026-09-24
  3. cnad.gob.sv: proveedores de servicio de activos digitales · retrieved 2026-09-24

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