Capital.com plans UAE spot crypto services after affiliate wins licence
核心要点
- Capital.com计划在阿联酋推出现货加密货币服务，其关联公司Capital Vault已获得该国CMA颁发的虚拟资产牌照。
- 该服务将允许阿联酋客户通过Capital.com应用购买和持有实际加密货币，区别于现有的差价合约产品。
- 此举是在阿联酋4月推出虚拟资产监管框架后，监管环境逐步完善的背景下实现的。
Capital.com plans UAE spot crypto services after affiliate wins licence
UAE clients will be able to buy and hold crypto through Capital.com’s app, expanding beyond price exposure through contracts for difference.
Trading platform and contracts for difference (CFD) broker Capital.com plans to offer spot crypto services to clients in the United Arab Emirates after its affiliate, Capital Vault, secured a virtual-asset license from the country’s Capital Market Authority (CMA).
According to an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, the license allows Capital Vault to deal in virtual assets as an agent or matching principal and provide custody on behalf of clients.
Once the service goes live, UAE clients will be able to buy and hold actual crypto through the Capital.com app, with Capital Vault providing execution, custody and settlement. This differs from Capital.com’s CFDs, which provide price exposure without ownership of the underlying crypto.
Capital Vault operates as a separate regulated entity, with its governance, custody and risk arrangements separated from Capital.com’s other businesses. The affiliate has opened an office in Abu Dhabi and is building a local virtual-asset team.
The approval follows the CMA’s introduction of a virtual-asset regulatory framework in April, which expanded the number of regulated activities from three to eight. The framework also established requirements covering business conduct, alternative trading systems, anti-money laundering controls and prudential standards.
Related: Bitcoin.com integrates UAE-registered US dollar stablecoin into self-custodial wallet
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