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Selini Capital Secures Virtual Asset Service Provider Licence from VARA, Strengthening Dubai’s Institutional Crypto Ecosystem

PR News Desk 21/10/2025

Selini Capital, a global digital-asset trading and investment firm, has been awarded a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licence by the Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) in Dubai. The licence allows Selini to offer its full suite of broker-dealer and over-the-counter (OTC)

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XBase Secures In-Principle Approval from Dubai VARA for Broker-Dealer Licence

PR News Desk 16/10/2025

XBase Virtual Assets Broker & Dealer Services (XBase), a subsidiary of XBD Group, today announced that it has received In-Principle Approval (IPA) from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for a Broker-Dealer Services Licence. This approval marks the final stage before XBase begins operations, pending full authorisation — a pivotal milestone in the

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Live from GITEX: DFSA and VARA strengthen regulatory cooperation to support Dubai’s position as a leading global financial centre

PR News Desk 15/10/2025

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulator of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), and the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), the specialist regulator responsible for regulating and overseeing the virtual assets sector in the Emirate of Dubai and its free zones excluding the DIFC, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding

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Bybit Secures Provisional (Non-Operational) Approval from VARA

PR News Desk 16/09/2024

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has been granted a Provisional (Non-Operational) Approval for Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license for Virtual Asset Exchanges services in Dubai for retail, qualified investors, and institutional users, cementing the relationship between Bybit and Dubai, the location of its global