UAE regulators approve crypto trading in Dubai free zone
Dubai authorities continue driving more adoption to the cryptocurrency industry by pushing more regulatory approvals. Financial regulators in the United Arab Emirates have reached an arrangement to officially allow and support cryptocurrency trading in an economicfree zone in Dubai.The Dubai World Trade Centre Authority (DWTCA) announced Wednesday that it had signed an agreement with the UAE’s Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) to support the regulation and trading of crypto assets within the DWTCA free zone.The new initiative establishes a framework enabling the DWTCA to issue....
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The free zone accepts payments in bitcoin, ether and the tether stablecoin.
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