Below is a list of the firms that have been authorized in the CSA Regulatory Sandbox with a link to the principal regulators’ decision, or terms and conditions of registration, as applicable. Scroll down or click on this link for crypto asset trading platform decisions.
CSA Regulatory Sandbox
3iQ Corp.
Investment fund manager for a cryptocurrency investment fund
Terms and Conditions Details (January 19, 2018)
Angel List, LLC and AngelList Advisors LLC
Online platform facilitating venture capital and angel investing in startups
Original Decision (October 24, 2016)
Amended Decision (June 14, 2018)
Amended Decision (March 26, 2019)
BlockFilm Inc.
Exemptive relief from the registration requirement for a platform that facilitates primary distributions in security tokens in partnership with a registered EMD
Decision (March 1, 2021)
Finhaven Capital Inc.
Exempt market dealer facilitating primary distributions and secondary trading of tokenized securities
Decision (November 2, 2020)
BCSC clearing agency recognition relief (November 17, 2020)
FCAA clearing agency recognition relief (November 25, 2020)
First Block Capital Inc.
Investment fund manager for a cryptocurrency investment fund
Terms and Conditions Details (September 5, 2017)
FrontFundr Financial Services Inc.
Exempt market dealer conducting suitability assessments using an automated system
Terms and Conditions Details (August 23, 2019)
Impak finance Inc.
Initial coin offering
Decision (August 15, 2017)
Majestic Asset Management LLC
Investment fund manager for a cryptocurrency investment fund
Terms and Conditions Details (January 26, 2018)
Rivemont Investments Inc.
Manager of the investment portfolio for a cryptocurrency investment fund
Terms and Conditions Details (January 26, 2018)
Ross Smith Asset Management ULC
Investment fund manager for a cryptocurrency investment fund
Terms and Conditions Details (September 22, 2017)
Token Funder Inc.
Initial coin offering
Decision (October 17, 2017)
TokenGX Inc.
Exempt market dealer providing services in connection with crypto-asset offerings
Terms and Conditions Details (April 17, 2019)
ZED Network Inc.
Distribution of tokens
Decision (May 21, 2019)
Crypto Asset Trading Platform Decisions
Bitbuy Technologies Inc.
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (November 30, 2021)
Bitvo Inc.
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (April 25, 2022)
Coinberry Limited
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (August 19, 2021)
Coinsquare Capital Markets Limited
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Pre-Registration Undertaking (August 10, 2022)
[Note: Replaced by exemptive relief below]
OSC Relief
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (October 12, 2022)
ASC Clearing relief
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (August 29, 2022)
BCSC Exchange relief
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (August 29, 2022)
BCSC Clearing agency relief
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (October 7, 2022)
See also the related IIROC notice
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (October 12, 2022)
Fidelity Clearing Canada ULC
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (November 16, 2021)
IIROC Decision (November 17, 2021)
Foris DAX, Inc. operating as Crypto.com
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Pre-Registration Undertaking (August 3, 2022)
Netcoins Inc.
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (September 29, 2021)
Amended Decision (March 24, 2022)
Newton Crypto Ltd.
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (August 15, 2022)
Simply Digital Technologies Inc. (carrying on business as CoinSmart)
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Original Decision (October 21, 2021)
Amended and restated Decision (December 21, 2021)
VirgoCX
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (May 30, 2022)
Wealthsimple Digital Assets Inc.
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (August 7, 2020)
Crypto Asset Trading Platform
Decision (June 18 2021)
Cryptoasset platform registered as a dealer and exemptive relief of certain requirements pursuant to the Derivatives Act (available in French only)
Decision (August 7, 2020)
Qualification Trade Reporting Relief (available in French only)
Decision (August 7, 2020)