BitGo secures VARA license amid regulatory crackdown

Dubai's regulator announced it had issued financial penalties against 19 companies related to digital asset activities amid approval for BitGo's MENA entity.

Digital asset infrastructure company BitGo said it had secured regulatory approval to offer specific services in Dubai amid the agency’s announcement of several enforcement actions.

In a Tuesday notice, BitGo said its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) arm had secured a broker-dealer license from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in Dubai, allowing the company to provide “regulated digital asset trading and intermediation services to institutional clients.”

The move came just a few weeks after BitGo said its European subsidiary could offer crypto services to local investors under a license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority.

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