Kraken awarded crypto trading license in the United Arab Emirates
With the new operational license in Abu Dhabi, Kraken aims to provide access to global liquidity to local investors via dirham (AED) trading pairs. Californian crypto exchange Kraken becomes the second virtual asset platform after Binance to receive regulatory approval to operate in the Abu Dhabi international financial center and free zone, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).In a CNBC interview, Kraken’s managing director Curtis Ting explains the importance of diversifying trading pairs to local currencies instead using the traditionally available U.S. dollar or British pounds in global....
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The Middle East has risen to prominence as a favored location for cryptocurrency exchanges, with Kraken becoming the latest to be granted a license by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Kraken is the first worldwide virtual asset exchange group to get a complete financial license from the ADGM in the United Arab Emirates, the […]
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Just over 11% of United Arab Emirates (UAE) residents have invested in cryptocurrencies, a report issued by the country’s Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has reportedly said. Globally, the United Arab Emirates is now ranked tenth in terms of cryptocurrency investment rate.
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The UAE (United Arab Emirates) is moving to secure its presence within the digital asset sector. They have also applied various efforts to promote the adoption of blockchain-based technologies. According to Bittrex Global cryptocurrency exchange CEO Stephen Stonberg, Dubai and the United Arab Emirates are among the very friendly jurisdictions to the crypto industry. Dubai Benefits From Local regulation In an interview on Sunday, Bloomberg said that the crypto market expansion into the Middle East is more likely to favor Dubai since the local regulators are continually accepting....