Ape Law VASP Verify

UAE regulator data sources

The VARA, ADGM/FSRA, DIFC/DFSA, CBUAE and CMA sources used by the UAE VASP Licence Tracker.

Documentation reviewed 21 Aug 2026Tracker data collected 16 Aug 2026Website relationships reviewed 17 Aug 2026

Source-led coverage

Each tracker record links to the regulator page, permission record, structured record or official register document used for that publication. Collection methods differ by source; counts below come from the current complete publication.

VARA

Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority

55 records

Jurisdiction or scope: Dubai, excluding the Dubai International Financial Centre
Register used: VARA public register of licensed VASPs
Fields extracted: Legal name, licence type and reference, permission wording, licence date, source-stated status and regulator-listed website where available.
Important limitation: The register can contain entries at different authorisation stages. The tracker reflects the rows collected for this reviewed snapshot and must not be read as a copy of every VARA category or later change.
Last successful collection: 16 Aug 2026

Open the official VARA source

FSRA

Financial Services Regulatory Authority

30 records

Jurisdiction or scope: Abu Dhabi Global Market
Register used: FSRA public register and firm permission records
Fields extracted: Legal name, firm reference, permission instrument wording, FSP date and source-stated status where available.
Important limitation: The FSRA register is broader than virtual-asset activity. Ape Law includes records only when reviewed permission or first-party authorisation evidence supports the tracker scope.
Last successful collection: 16 Aug 2026

Open the official ADGM / FSRA source

DFSA

Dubai Financial Services Authority

15 records

Jurisdiction or scope: Dubai International Financial Centre
Register used: DFSA public register of firms and permission details
Fields extracted: Legal name, firm reference, financial-service permission wording, date and register label where available.
Important limitation: The public register covers many financial firms. The tracker includes a firm only where its permission record expressly identifies Crypto Tokens; restriction text is not treated as a permission.
Last successful collection: 16 Aug 2026

Open the official DIFC / DFSA source

CBUAE

Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates

6 records

Jurisdiction or scope: United Arab Emirates, federal supervision
Register used: CBUAE licensing register, including Payment Token Services tables
Fields extracted: Legal name, register reference, licence category and payment-token permission wording where available.
Important limitation: The reviewed register tables do not state a current status or licence date for every record. Register presence is therefore not converted into an active status.
Last successful collection: 16 Aug 2026

Open the official CBUAE source

SCA

Capital Market Authority

4 records

Jurisdiction or scope: United Arab Emirates, federal capital-markets supervision
Register used: CMA licensed-companies records for reviewed virtual-asset activities
Fields extracted: Legal name, registration reference, activity wording, source-stated status, year and official website where available.
Important limitation: The public dataset and stable internal regulator code retain SCA for continuity following the authority's change of name to the Capital Market Authority.
Last successful collection: 16 Aug 2026

Open the official CMA (formerly SCA) source