UAE mandates VASP licenses for crypto firms, begins accepting applications

UAE’s fiscal watchdog announced connected April 17 that it has begun accepting applications from companies seeking a virtual plus work supplier (VASP) license.

The UAE Cabinet established a model to modulate the crypto manufacture successful December 2022 aft passing Resolution 111.

Under the caller regime, each companies looking to supply services related to virtual assets successful the state indispensable registry with the country’s fiscal regulator and unafraid a VASP license.

However, firms operating wrong Dubai’s fiscal escaped zones are exempt from having to use for a VASP licence for now.

SCA

The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) was appointed to supervise the crypto assemblage successful the UAE, which has historically held a pro-crypto stance and remains astatine the forefront of regulating the emerging industry.

Its oversight volition person insignificant overlap with the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), which volition proceed to beryllium successful complaint of crypto firms operating successful Dubai and its fiscal escaped zones similar the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

The VASP licence volition bring companies nether the SCA’s net, which volition mandate them to adhere to assorted regulatory requirements related to concern disclosures, operational integrity, user extortion and transparency.

The SCA said companies indispensable crook implicit immoderate and each documents and information requested during the licensing process and volition beryllium taxable to disclosure requirements.

If an exertion is rejected, companies volition person the enactment to entreaty the decision.

Additionally, the SCA volition modulate each cryptocurrencies and integer assets utilized for concern purposes. However, this volition not see integer assets utilized for outgo purposes, which volition autumn nether the cardinal bank’s purview, according to the regulator.

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