Cambodia moved from prohibition to a licensing regime on 26 December 2024, and the licence it created cannot yet be obtained. The National Bank of Cambodia's Prakas No.
B7-024-735 on Transaction Related to Cryptoassets recognises cryptoassets as a category, sorts them into Group 1 (tokenized traditional assets and fully backed stablecoins meeting a redemption-risk test) and Group 2 (everything else, expressly including unbacked cryptoassets such as Bitcoin), and creates a class of cryptoasset service provider. Article 20 sets out exhaustively what a CASP may do: exchange cryptoassets against fiat in either direction, transfer them, and hold or administer them in custody.
Article 19 then says any entity wishing to operate as a CASP must obtain a licence from the NBC and that the criteria and conditions for that licence are provided in a separate Prakas.
A perpetual on LTC tracks price and does not confer ownership of the underlying — the same contract mechanics apply in every jurisdiction; what differs by country is legal status and funding rails.
10 venues open Litecoin perps to traders in Cambodia.
ApeX
Aster
gTrade
Helix
Hyperliquid
KiloEx
Lighter
Pacifica
ParadexFour steps from sign-up to an open position.
Capital gains from cryptocurrency sales are taxed at a flat rate of 20%.
Trading Litecoin from Cambodia: regulated.
National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), which covers derivatives.
For Cambodia residents trading Litecoin: Capital gains from cryptocurrency sales are taxed at a flat rate of 20%.
For Litecoin traders in Cambodia: Licensed crypto platforms serving Cambodia residents must conduct Customer Due Diligence and Know Your Customer procedures to identify and verify customers' identity, under Article 8 of the AML/CFT Law.
16 platforms serve Cambodia for Litecoin trading, among them Aevo, ApeX and Aster.