{"id":82710,"date":"2024-06-26T16:17:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T20:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=82710"},"modified":"2024-06-26T16:21:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T20:21:59","slug":"binances-dubai-branch-receives-vasp-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/binances-dubai-branch-receives-vasp-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance&#8217;s Dubai Branch Receives\u00a0VASP License"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Binance's branch in Dubai, Binance FZE, has been given a license to provide virtual assets by <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/dubais-vara-grants-operational-approval-to-crypto-com.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dubai's cryptocurrency regulator<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/croc_1719428039480-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Binance's Dubai Branch Receives\u00a0VASP License\" class=\"wp-image-82711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/croc_1719428039480-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/croc_1719428039480-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/croc_1719428039480-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/croc_1719428039480-750x422.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/croc_1719428039480-1140x641.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/croc_1719428039480.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Binance's Dubai Branch Receives\u00a0VASP License<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, the virtual asset exchange Binance announced that Dubai's <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/dubais-vara-grants-operational-approval-to-crypto-com.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority <\/a>(VARA) has granted its Dubai office, Binance FZE, a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a blog post, the exchange revealed that with this license, it plans to migrate &#8220;all UAE residents from the Binance Global Exchange to the VARA-regulated Binance FZE exchange.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exchange added that by the deadline of December 15, users who were residents of the United Arab Emirates would have to update their KYC information by providing specific documents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;All products already available on the Binance Global Exchange will also be available on Binance FZE,&#8221; Binance continued, despite the move. Seven months after abandoning its application for an Abu Dhabi license due to heightened regulatory pressure, Binance was granted the VASP license.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Binance's subsidiary, BV Investment Management, withdrew its application with the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/enhancing-financial-privacy-and-security-a-key-benefit-of-defi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Financial Service Regulatory Authority<\/a> (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a late May interview, Dominic Longman, senior executive officer at Binance Abu Dhabi stated that the exchange is &#8220;observing increasing institutional interest&#8221; for cryptocurrency in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Bitcoin ETFs are not yet available in the United Arab Emirates, he added, regulatory procedures &#8220;can evolve based on global trends and local market demands.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After its local company received an operational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/theyec\/2021\/12\/08\/a-review-of-the-minimum-viable-product-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Minimum Viable Product<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> (MVP) license from VARA in 2023 to serve institutional and qualified retail investors, Binance turned its attention to Dubai. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same preparatory authorization from VARA was sought after by Binance in addition to other cryptocurrency exchanges like Crypto.com, Bybit, and OKX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Binance&#8217;s branch in Dubai, Binance FZE, has been given a license to provide virtual assets by Dubai&#8217;s cryptocurrency regulator.&nbsp; On Wednesday, the virtual asset exchange Binance announced that Dubai&#8217;s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has granted its Dubai office, Binance FZE, a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license.&nbsp; In a blog post, the exchange revealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":82711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[834],"tags":[326,960,14902],"class_list":["post-82710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-binance","tag-binance","tag-dubai","tag-vasp-license"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/croc_1719428039480.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}