Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority · official register · updated 2026-09-06

Dubai VARA Public Register

Licensed virtual asset service providers on the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority public register. Pulled from the official source and normalised — cite freely with attribution.

56 active licences
+16 issued in 2026

As of 2026-09-06, Vantegris tracks 56 active crypto licences in the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority register — 16 issued so far in 2026.

Licences issued per month — Dubai (VARA)
3 6 9 Mar ’25: 1 Mar ’25 Apr ’25: 9 May ’25: 2 Jun ’25: 0 Jun ’25 Jul ’25: 0 Aug ’25: 0 Sep ’25: 1 Sep ’25 Oct ’25: 2 Nov ’25: 0 Dec ’25: 1 Dec ’25 Jan ’26: 1 Feb ’26: 1 Mar ’26: 2 Mar ’26 Apr ’26: 4 May ’26: 1 Jun ’26: 3 Jun ’26 Jul ’26: 1 Aug ’26: 3 Aug ’26

Most recent licences

Licensee Licence № Type Issued
DIMENT VA EXCHANGE SERVICES DMCC (DVA) VL/26/08/002 VASP LICENCE 2026/08/07
ARP Digital FZCO VL/26/07/03 VASP LICENCE 2026/08/07
Flowdesk Omega FZE VL/26/08/001 VASP LICENCE 2026/08/07
Flipster FZE VL/26/07/002 VASP LICENCE 2026/07/14
ARBEAT Group FZE VL/26/07/001 VASP LICENCE 2026/06/23
Tribe Tokenisation FZE VL/26/06/002 VASP LICENCE 2026/06/22
YHEGO Virtual Assets Exchange Service L.L.C (Yhego Technology Investment L.L.C) VL/26/06/001 VASP LICENCE 2026/06/02
CoinCorner Virtual Assets Broker & Dealer Services L.L.C. VL/26/05/001 VASP LICENCE 2026/05/05
First Crypto Exchange L.L.C (First Crypto) VL/26/04/004 VASP LICENCE 2026/04/26
Liquidity Fintech FZE VL/26/04/003 VASP LICENCE 2026/04/16
Daman Virtual Asset Brokerage LLC VL/26/04/001 VASP LICENCE 2026/04/16
Amber Premium FZE VL/26/03/003 VASP LICENCE 2026/04/02
RIV Technologies FZE VL/26/03/002 VASP LICENCE 2026/03/27
XBase Virtual Assets Broker & Dealer Services LLC VL/17/03/001 VASP LICENCE 2026/03/19
Animoca Brands Middle East Advisory FZCO VL/26/02/001 VASP LICENCE 2026/02/05
Nova Digital FZE VL/26/01/001 VASP LICENCE 2026/01/30
LCT Global FZE VL/25/12/001 VASP LICENCE 2025/12/26
Ceffu Custody FZE VL/25/10/001 VASP LICENCE 2025/10/09
Selini Capital FZE VL/25/10/002 VASP LICENCE 2025/10/08
BitGo MENA FZE VL/25/09/001 VASP LICENCE 2025/09/17
Ctrl Alt Solutions DMCC VL/25/05/002 VASP LICENCE 2025/05/24
Prypco FZE VL/25/05/001 VASP LICENCE 2025/05/24
Midchains FZE VL/25/04/008 VASP LICENCE 2025/04/29
Gate Technology FZE VL/25/04/007 VASP LICENCE 2025/04/25
Bitpanda Custody MENA FZCO VL/25/04/006 VASP LICENCE 2025/04/25

Showing 25 of 56 entries — the full normalised dataset is in the JSON download.

Source & citation

Source: Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, retrieved 2026-09-06. Reuse under CC BY 4.0 — cite as "Vantegris License Index" with a link to this page. Machine-readable: vara-dubai.json. Licence status changes between weekly pulls — verify a specific operator against the regulator's register before relying on it.

Cite this dataset

Vantegris (2026). Dubai VARA Public Register. Vantegris License Index. Retrieved 2026-09-06 from https://vantegris.com/data/vara-dubai/

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