El Salvador vs United States of America: crypto regulation compared

Side-by-side across all nine dimensions, each value linked to its primary government source.

Dimension	El Salvador	United States of America
CBDC status	—	Pilot cbdctracker.org ↗
Legal status	—	Legal, with restrictions IRS, U.S. Treasury ↗
VASP licensing	Regime in force Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador ↗	Registration only Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), U.S. Department of the Treasury ↗
Stablecoin rules	—	In force Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) — GENIUS Act ↗
Tax treatment	Mixed (CGT + income) Ministerio de Hacienda de El Salvador ↗	Capital gains Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ↗
DeFi treatment	—	Addressed U.S. Department of the Treasury ↗
NFT classification	—	Addressed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ↗
Mining policy	Addressed Ministerio de Economía / Secretaría de Comercio e Inversiones (El Salvador) ↗	Restricted New York State – Chapter 58 of the Laws of 2022 (Senate Bill S6486D) ↗
Enforcement intensity	—	High U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ↗