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VARA Custody Services Rulebook

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38

Articles

4

Chapters

VARA

Issuing authority

2025

Effective since

AI

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VARA Custody Services Rulebook (version dated 19 May 2025) is one of the rulebooks issued by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of VARA Custody Services Rulebook and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

VARA Custody Services Rulebook contents

38 articles in 4 chapters. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.

Custody Services

35 articles
  1. Part I.A.1-4Part I.A Board constitution

  2. Part I.B.1-3Part I.B Board committees

  3. Part I.C.1Part I.C Board remuneration reporting

  4. Part II.A.1-2Part II.A Policies and procedures

  5. Part II.B.1-3Part II.B Public disclosures

  6. Part III.A.1-3Part III.A General requirements

  7. Part III.B.1-4Part III.B Segregation and control

  8. Part III.B.5-6Part III.B Segregation and control - separate legal entity

  9. Part III.B.7Part III.B Segregation and control - operational segregation

  10. Part III.C.1.a-cPart III.C.1 Hot and cold storage

  11. Part III.C.2.a-ePart III.C.2 Seed and key management

  12. Part III.C.3.aPart III.C.3 Lost or stolen keys

  13. Part III.D.1.aPart III.D.1 Client agreements

  14. Part III.D.2.a-bPart III.D.2 Relationship and register

  15. Part III.D.3.a-bPart III.D.3 Outsourcing and third-party suppliers

  16. Part III.D.4 Account statements

  17. Part III.D.5 Audit trail

  18. Part IV.A.1-6Part IV.A Staking authorisation

  19. Part IV.B.1-3Part IV.B Staking client instructions

  20. Part IV.C.1-4Part IV.C Staking segregation

  21. Part IV.D.1-3Part IV.D Node management

  22. Part IV.E.1-4Part IV.E DLT Standards

  23. Part IV.E.5-6Part IV.E.5 DLT standards breach

  24. Part IV.E.7 Staking assessment records

  25. Part IV.F.1-2Part IV.F Staking risk disclosure

  26. Part IV.G.1.a-lPart IV.G Staking client agreements

  27. Part V.A.1-6Part V.A Collateral Wallet authorisation

  28. Part V.B.1-4Part V.B Collateral client instructions

  29. Part V.C.1-2Part V.C Collateral receipts

  30. Part V.D.1-3Part V.D Collateral wallets

  31. Part V.E.1-4Part V.E Exchange integration

  32. Part V.F.1-2Part V.F Collateral risk disclosure

  33. Part V.G.1.a-ePart V.G Collateral client agreements

  34. Part V.H.1.a-cPart V.H.1 Collateral monthly reporting

  35. Part V.H.2.a-bPart V.H.2 Collateral notifications

Part I.B.3

1 article
  1. Part I.B.3-retRecord Retention — Board and committee minutes

Part III.D.5

1 article
  1. Part III.D.5-retRecord Retention — Client account transaction audit trail (date/time, type, signatories, Virtual As

Part IV.E.7

1 article
  1. Part IV.E.7-retRecord Retention — DLT Standards assessment records (Staking from Custody)

What VARA Custody Services Rulebook covers

VARA Custody Services Rulebook's 38 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.

Compliance — 17 articles

Legal / Compliance — 6 articles

Operations / Compliance — 5 articles

Technology / Compliance — 3 articles

Operations — 3 articles

General — 3 articles

Topics covered

VARA Custody Services Rulebook spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.

vara

vasp

virtual assets

custody

client virtual assets

segregation

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What is VARA Custody Services Rulebook (version dated 19 May 2025)?

VARA Custody Services Rulebook (version dated 19 May 2025) is issued by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority and has applied since 19 June 2025. It has 38 articles across 4 chapters.

What does VARA Custody Services Rulebook cover?

It is organised into: Custody Services; Part I.B.3; Part III.D.5; Part IV.E.7.

Who issues VARA Custody Services Rulebook?

The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. Always check the authority's official publication for the binding text.

Can I search VARA Custody Services Rulebook and ask questions about it?

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