ISO 20022 · Category purpose

CRYPCrypto Assets

Registered in sourceSource release: August 2026 (v3)

Published definition

Transaction is related to the purchase or sale of crypto assets.

Additional source information

To be used within payment initiations, so the paying and/or paid agent is aware of the nature of the transaction.

Code set and usage

Category purpose contains 49 registered codes. Its exact identifier is ExternalCategoryPurpose1Code.

Specifies the category purpose, as published in an external category purpose code list. External code sets can be downloaded from www.iso20022.org.

Use the code with the applicable message version and implementation guide. A matching code value alone does not establish the same meaning in another set.

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This code in other sets 1

These share the characters CRYP. Their meanings belong to their respective sets.