Effective
Mar 11, 2022
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Dubai’s 2022 Virtual Assets Law established VARA and a permit-based regime for virtual asset services across Dubai, including...
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Licensing & Registration
Crypto law profiles, official sources, milestones, and related coverage for Licensing & Registration.
Repealed
May 15, 2023
AML/CFT Custody Disclosure & Marketing +2 more
UAE SCA resolution that set operating, listing, custody, transparency and trading-system duties for virtual asset platform operators. It...
Repealed
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AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
Amended the UAE SCA Financial Activities Rulebook to integrate virtual asset services, licensing, custody, conduct and capital rules....
Effective
Jun 25, 2018
AML/CFT Consumer protection Custody +2 more
ADGM’s FSRA regulates digital-asset activities through an active framework covering Virtual Assets, FRTs, Digital Securities, derivatives, funds, custody,...
Effective
Jan 14, 2023
Delegates specified federal virtual-asset regulatory powers to Dubai’s VARA for Dubai and its non-DIFC free zones, including VASP...
Effective
Jan 14, 2023
UAE federal resolution establishing the regulatory perimeter for virtual asset activities and VASPs, including licensing, AML/CFT, cybersecurity, local-authority...
Effective
Oct 1, 2024
Dubai VARA rules for marketing virtual assets and VA activities in or targeting the UAE, effective Oct. 1,...
Effective
Jun 19, 2025
Dubai VARA rulebook governing business issuance of virtual assets, including Category 1 licensed issuances, Category 2 distributor-led issuances,...
Effective
Jun 19, 2025
Dubai’s VARA framework for VASP licensing, VA issuance, AML/CFT, market conduct, marketing, supervision and enforcement. Current rulebook version...
Effective
Jan 10, 2020
AML/CFT Custody Licensing & Registration +2 more
UK cryptoasset exchange and custodian wallet providers carrying on business in the UK must register with the FCA...
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