NeosLegal founder Irina Heaver with the UAEVASPLicenseTracker 2026, a free public database mapping every active crypto licence in the UAE by activity and regulator, across VARA, ADGM, DIFC, CBUAE and CMA.
NeosLegal estimates that more than 100 VASPs hold permits or approvals across UAE regulators, including VARA, ADGM, DFSA, CBUAE, and CMA... VARA pushes crypto firms toward data-driven risk checks.
VARA has set a mandatory review cycle of at least every three months for these risk assessments ... By mandating FATF-aligned risk assessments, continuous monitoring, and quarterly updates, VARA is raising the compliance bar for crypto firms.
You would be wrong to assume that major crypto licensing regulations are converging to the same point. On the opposite. they tend to focus on area-specific goals. MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored by... .
Payward, Kraken’s parent company, has secured the UAE’s VARA authorization ... (VARA) Authorization, allowing it to operate in the UAE ... The VARA approval offers the crypto exchange regulator….
This comes years after Kraken closed its office in the UAE after receiving its license from ADGM ... He added that operating under VARA puts Kraken inside that perimeter, serving clients through a local, supervised entity rather than from offshore ... ....
VaraJuice is under construction at 841 N Germantown Pkwy., inside an existing building that currently houses Ceed Fragrances and COCONails & Spa ... This would be the first Tennessee Vara, and the chain's western most location.