UAE Crypto Licensing Analysis (Dubai VARA)

Data-led explainers on Dubai's VARA-licensed crypto firms, VARA's enforcement record and who regulates crypto in the UAE, with original charts.

• 59 Companies Hold a VARA Crypto Licence in Dubai. Who May Serve Retail

  21 Oct 2026 · Every active licence on VARA's register, what each firm may do, which ones may take retail clients, and the majors that are absent.

• VARA's Enforcement Record: Fines on MEXC, KuCoin and OPNX, and 19 Unlicensed Firms

  21 Oct 2026 · All 30 VARA notices since 2022: who was fined, warned or had approval revoked, and what VARA published about each case.

• Who Regulates Crypto in the UAE: VARA, the SCA and the Central Bank

  21 Oct 2026 · Dubai's VARA, the federal SCA and the CBUAE's 2025 law: what each official source says about who licenses crypto firms, and what this tracker covers.

• 21 Firms Hold ADGM FSRA Permissions for Virtual Assets in Abu Dhabi; 13 May Not Deal With Retail Clients

  22 Oct 2026 · Every active firm on ADGM's FSRA register in the Virtual Assets asset class, with activities, dates and retail stipulations.

• ADGM's Register Shows 7 Virtual-Asset Firms as Withdrawn, Including Binance (AD) and Kraken's Payward MENA

  22 Oct 2026 · Which virtual-asset firms ADGM's FSRA register shows as withdrawn, and when.