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 TRUMP 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.
8 venues open Official Trump perps to traders in Cambodia.
Aster
Avantis
gTrade
Helix
Hyperliquid
Lighter
ParadexFour steps from sign-up to an open position.
Capital gains from cryptocurrency sales are taxed at a flat rate of 20%.
Trading TRUMP from Cambodia: regulated.
National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), which covers derivatives.
Capital gains from cryptocurrency sales are taxed at a flat rate of 20%.
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.
14 platforms serve Cambodia for Official Trump trading, among them Aevo, Aster and Avantis.