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Camomile Shumba
Camomile Shumba is a CoinDesk regulatory reporter based in the UK. She previously worked as an intern for Business Insider and Bloomberg News. She does not currently hold value in any digital currencies or projects.
Crypto exchange BINANCE has secured a license from Dubai's Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority to offer a range of crypto-related services in the city, according to a Tuesday announcement.
- With the new Minimal Viable Product license, the world's largest crypto exchange by volume, can open a domestic bank account to hold clients' funds locally, operate crypto exchange, and offer payments and custody services, according to the press release.
- Binance received in-principle approval for the MVP license from the Dubai regulator back in March, the press release said.
- In March, the exchange was also granted a Virtual Asset License in Dubai that allowed it to "extend limited exchange products and services" to qualified investors.
- The exchange has been aggressively pursuing regulatory approval in the Middle East, with a special focus in the Unites Arab Emirates. In April Binance got provisional approval to operate as a broker-dealer in virtual assets in UAE's capital Abu Dhabi.
- Binance has been trying to attain global regulatory approval after facing a series of set-backs. The exchange faced scrutiny from regulators in the U.K.last year. This year, the exchange was blocked in UzbekistanIsrael.
- Binance also received approval to operate in KazakhstanFrance this year.
- Dubai's VARA did not immediately respond to a request for comment when contacted by CoinDesk.
Read more: Binance Gets In-Principle Approval to Operate as Crypto Broker-Dealer in Abu Dhabi
