MENA Regulatory Radar — edition 1, week of 4 September 2026. Standing page: https://cryptonite.ae/mena-regulatory-radar/
Changes this week
- VARA (Dubai) — no change, last published item: VARA publishes AML/CFT Business Risk Assessment Guidance, 12 June 2026. Source
- UAE Capital Market Authority (formerly SCA) — no change, last published item: Hijri New Year Holiday Announced for Financial Markets, 12 June 2026 (last virtual-asset item: Virtual Assets Regulation Framework, 13 April 2026). Source
- ADGM FSRA (Abu Dhabi) — no change, last published item: ADGM and ADGM Academy Successfully Conclude Fifth Summer Internship Programme, 26 August 2026 (last virtual-asset item: Coinbase establishes its tokenization hub in Abu Dhabi, 11 August 2026). Source
Also checked, no change: DFSA (last item 10 August 2026), CBB Bahrain (last item 1 September 2026, non-crypto), CMA Saudi Arabia (last item 30 August 2026, non-crypto), QFCRA Qatar (last item 23 April 2026), FRA Egypt (last item 2 September 2026, non-crypto), JSC Jordan (last item 20 August 2026, non-crypto). Not verified this week (site unreachable, will not guess): CMA Oman.
Scores unchanged in the MENA Crypto Regulation Index. Full country detail in the Global Crypto Licensing Tracker. Free to cite — see “Cite this data” on the Radar page.
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