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.
The contract itself does not change by geography: a XMR perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.
11 venues open Monero perps to traders in Cambodia.
Aster
Avantis
Ethereal
gTrade
Helix
Hyperliquid
Lighter
Pacifica
Paradex
SynthetixFour steps from sign-up to an open position.
Capital gains from cryptocurrency sales are taxed at a flat rate of 20%.
Trading XMR from Cambodia: regulated.
Regulator for Monero trading in Cambodia: 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%.
Cambodia residents can trade Monero on 17 platforms, including Aevo, Aster and Avantis.