Tag: UAE

Stablecoin issuer Tether has announced that its United Arab Emirates dirham-pegged stablecoin will be launched on The Open Network (TON) blockchain. At the TON Gateway event held in Dubai, Alessandro Giori, Tether’s senior strategic partnership manager, announced that its dirham stablecoins, announced earlier this year, will be launched on the TON blockchain. On Aug. 21,…

Dubai’s crypto regulator has initiated a crackdown on unregulated crypto companies and firms violating its marketing rules. On Oct. 9, Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) issued fines and cease-and-desist orders to seven businesses for breaching marketing regulations and operating without required licenses. VARA said it’s conducting further investigations in collaboration with other local authorities. The regulator…

Komainu completed the final step in VARA’s licensing process nearly 10 months after securing its MVP license in November 2022. Komainu, a joint venture between Nomura and crypto firms CoinShares and Ledger, has received a full operating license from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA). The United Arab Emirates has opened its door to crypto…

The M2 platform will launch later in 2023, allowing UAE-based retail and institutional clients to buy, sell and custody digital assets. The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has granted financial services permission to virtual asset firm M2 to operate a multilateral trading facility from the United Arab Emirates…

The UAE recently announced that it intends to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2030, a marked increase over its previous pledge. The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MCCE) is developing a carbon credit system in a preliminary partnership with the Industrial Innovation Group and the Venom Foundation. Blockchain technology is utilized…

Binance is now officially allowed to offer crypto services to institutional and qualified retail investors in Dubai. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has reached another milestone in relationships with regulators in the United Arab Emirates by winning a new license in Dubai. Binance’s Dubai-based subsidiary, Binance FZE, has obtained an operational minimum viable product (MVP) license…