Applications for virtual asset trading platform licenses have stalled. Will Hong Kong follow Dubai’s lead?
Will Hong Kong’s Slow Approach to Crypto Regulation Suppress Growth of Digital Assets?

Will Hong Kong’s Slow Approach to Crypto Regulation Suppress Growth of Digital Assets?
Ripple Labs announced the acquisition of an XRP license from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), enabling its utilisation within the realm of virtual asset services.
The Ajman Police in Dubai became the first law enforcement agency in the world to provide its services inside the metaverse.
FTX Exchange FZE, a subsidiary of FTX Europe, announced today that it has been licensed by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to enter the "Minimum Viable Product" program (Minimum Viable Product, MVP), providing spot and Derivatives Exchange Services.
Dubai is ramping things up in the virtual stratosphere with the promise of jobs to its constituents. In a recent ...
Hopefully Ethereum becomes a system more like Bitcoin.
Hope Ethereum becomes a more Bitcoin-like system
The move came less than two months after Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum established VARA and announced a new legal framework for crypto in Dubai.