Turkey’s Crypto Evolution 2026: Licensing, Compliance & Market Infrastructure
Turkey is one of the world’s most active crypto markets, with strong adoption across retail users, exchanges, and digital asset businesses. As regulation takes shape, crypto asset service providers must prepare for a more formal licensing and compliance environment. This webinar will explore what Turkey’s evolving framework means for companies operating in, entering, or serving the Turkish market.
What we’ll cover:
Market growth, regulatory change, and the shift toward formal supervision.
Law enforcement requests, court orders, and practical legal challenges.
Key compliance challenges for VASPs, exchanges, and financial institutions.
Travel Rule readiness, blockchain analytics, and practical preparation steps.
Panel:
Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy | Chair of Türkiye Desk; Associate Professor of Civil Law | Futura Law Firm; Bilkent University
Umut Bakanoğulları | Partner | AVBA Legal
Furkan Aydenizöz | Lawyer | Kointra, part of Tera Holding
Javier Tamashiro | CEO & Co-Founder | Ospree
About Futura Law Firm
Futura Law Firm is a strategic and legal consulting firm focused on innovation, technology, and impact. With an interdisciplinary team of lawyers and consultants, Futura supports startups, SMEs, investors, and technology-driven businesses across areas including blockchain, smart contracts, artificial intelligence, legaltech, decentralized finance, commercial contracting, and M&A.
About AVBA Attorneys at Law
AVBA Attorneys at Law is an Istanbul-based law firm specialized in technology-driven and disruptive sectors. The firm provides legal and regulatory services across banking, payments, capital markets, fintech, blockchain, Web3, and crypto asset service provider licensing, combining strong legal expertise with a business-enabling approach to innovation.
About Kointra
Kointra is a crypto asset trading platform that entered the market in 2017 under the KOINTRA brand, led by a team with deep financial markets experience. As part of the Tera Holding ecosystem, Kointra combines financial sector expertise with digital asset technology to provide users with a transparent, reliable, and high-quality crypto trading experience.
About Ospree
Ospree is a modular compliance platform for digital assets, helping VASPs and financial institutions meet global Travel Rule, AML, and CTF requirements. Through its Travel Rule, blockchain analytics, account directory, and compliance infrastructure modules, Ospree enables digital asset businesses to manage regulatory obligations, reduce operational complexity, and scale with confidence.