Dubai’s VARA licenses 50th crypto firm as market expands
Dubai’s VARA licenses 50th crypto firm as market expands Only 39 of the emirate's licensed virtual asset providers were fully operational at the end of 2025, revealing a growing pipeline of firms awaiting full approval Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team Jun. VARA has now issued its 50th license to a virtual asset service provider, a milestone that would have seemed wildly ambitious when the regulator was established just four years ago. Licensing and actually operating are two different things.
- ▪Dubai’s VARA licenses 50th crypto firm as market expands Only 39 of the emirate's licensed virtual asset providers were fully operational at the end of 2025, revealing a growing pipeline of firms awaiting full approval Share Add us on Googl
- ▪VARA has now issued its 50th license to a virtual asset service provider, a milestone that would have seemed wildly ambitious when the regulator was established just four years ago.
- ▪Licensing and actually operating are two different things.
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Dubai’s VARA licenses 50th crypto firm as market expands Only 39 of the emirate's licensed virtual asset providers were fully operational at the end of 2025, revealing a growing pipeline of firms awaiting full approval Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team Jun. 29, 2026 window.sevioads = window.sevioads || []; var sevioads_preferences = []; sevioads_preferences[0] = {}; sevioads_preferences[0].zone = "01f21ccf-2092-46b1-9ac7-8c44cc782e0f"; sevioads_preferences[0].adType = "native"; sevioads_preferences[0].inventoryId = "c5700508-581b-472c-8fdd-a931cdbfc8e1"; sevioads_preferences[0].accountId = "1e47efc1-ec2d-4fca-a8b9-354e249e5095"; sevioads.push(sevioads_preferences); Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority has hit a round number that matters.
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