By Stanley Senya
Accra, Oct. 29, GNA – Dr Caleb Kwaku Afaglo, the President of the Chamber of Digital Assets and Blockchain Innovations (CDABI), Ghana Chapter, has launched two books on digital asset regulation, to inform policy decisions and industry development in Ghana and West Africa.
The books were soft-launched in Accra at the opening of the MOBEX Africa 2026 Conference.
They are “Global Digital Asset Regulation Read from Accra: A Reference Report for Ghana and West Africa” and “Rules for a New Money: Building Digital Asset Regulation from Accra.”
The main launch is scheduled for Thursday, November 12, 2026, during the Africa Stablecoin Summit in Cape Town, South Africa.
The reference report, published by Chamber in partnership with Vessel & Light Publishing, is the first volume in a new CDABI reference series.
The 176-page report examines digital asset regulatory frameworks across Europe, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Russia, South Africa, East Africa, West Africa and the Gulf.
It compares regulatory approaches to retail access, transaction monitoring, tax reporting, banking participation and central bank digital currencies.
The report also presents 13 policy findings and outlines six decisions Ghana could consider without introducing new legislation.
It draws on 313 sources and reflected legal and market developments up to September 30, 2026.
Dr Afaglo said Ghana enacted its virtual asset law, Act 1154, in December 2025, with the Bank of Ghana’s Virtual Assets Department supervising the sector.
He said decisions on digital asset regulation would determine whether Ghana became an active participant in emerging payment systems or remained an endpoint.
He said the report provided regulators, banks and industry players with a common evidence base for considering policy options.
The second book, “Rules for a New Money,” authored by Dr Afaglo and published by Vessel & Light Publishing, examined the development of Ghana’s virtual asset regulatory framework.
It discusses policy trade-offs, engagements between regulators and industry players, and outstanding decisions concerning the sector’s regulation.
Dr Afaglo said the book documented the reasoning behind Ghana’s regulatory choices, including considerations that might not be explained in the final regulations.
He said Cape Town was an appropriate venue for the main launch because South Africa had developed a regulatory framework for crypto assets that other African jurisdictions frequently studied.
Printed copies of the reference report are available through CDABI, while “Rules for a New Money” is available through Vessel & Light Publishing.
GNA
Edited by Christabel Addo