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Ghana

The regulator that put self-custody in writing

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Confidentiality is workable so long as the regulated firm can identify parties and disclose on demand.

What Ghana actually says

Worth citing well beyond Ghana, because a central bank stated plainly in writing what most regimes leave to inference. Its FAQ says that neither the regulatory authorities nor the government will control private wallets or individual transactions, and that the law regulates service providers rather than personal ownership of digital assets. That is the custodial-perimeter principle running through this entire section, expressed by a regulator rather than argued by an industry. Ghana moved from prohibition to licensing inside a year, splitting supervision between the central bank and the securities regulator by activity. The cedi remains sole legal tender, and pricing or paying wages in virtual assets is not permitted.

The instruments that matter

Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill passed December 2025
confirmed by Bank of Ghana press release on 22 December 2025, establishing licensing with either the central bank or the securities regulator depending on activity
Bank of Ghana FAQ, February 2026, Q8
neither the regulatory authorities nor the government will control private wallets or individual transactions, and the law focuses on regulating service providers rather than personal ownership of digital assets
The cedi remains sole legal tender
invoicing, pricing or paying wages in virtual assets is not permitted
Virtual Assets Regulatory Office
mandatory provider registration, with a public notice on unauthorised virtual asset and stablecoin advertising issued in February 2026

What this means for confidential transactions

Bubble is built for exactly this shape of obligation: amounts and balances live on chain as ciphertexts, computation happens without decryption, and the only disclosure path is an on-chain access list through which an authorized party - an auditor, a supervisor, a counterparty - can request scoped decryption. That is confidentiality from the public, not from the regulator.

Compliant by default.

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