Kraken母公司Payward获迪拜VARA全牌照 将推迪拉姆直接交易
加密货币交易所Kraken的母公司Payward已获得迪拜虚拟资产监管局（VARA）的全面监管批准，为其进入阿联酋市场扫清了关键障碍。该批准于10月12日（周一）宣布，此前Payward已在今年5月获得初步许可。
按计划，Payward将开始为阿联酋的零售、专业与机构投资者提供服务，具体上线日期尚未公布。首批推出的服务包括以阿联酋迪拉姆计价的现货与保证金交易对，客户可直接以本地货币出入金，无需先把迪拉姆兑换成其他货币。
后续计划中的服务还包括链上质押、通过xStocks提供的代币化股票，以及加密货币转账产品Krak，各项产品的实际供应取决于相应的监管许可。保证金交易允许借入资金放大敞口，收益与亏损都会同步放大，这是监管披露中向投资者提示的固有风险。
迪拜以VARA框架把虚拟资产纳入持牌监管，是其与阿布扎比ADGM争夺数字金融中心地位的组成部分。对在迪拜持有加密资产的华人居民，持牌平台提供迪拉姆直连通道，意味着出入金路径从灰色兑换转向银行可解释的合规轨迹。
Kraken Parent Payward Wins Full Dubai VARA Approval to Serve UAE Investors
Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has secured full regulatory approval from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), clearing a major hurdle in its planned expansion into the United Arab Emirates. The approval, announced on Monday, October 12, follows preliminary clearance granted in May.
Payward expects to begin serving retail, professional and institutional investors in the UAE in the coming weeks, though no specific launch date has been announced. The initial rollout will allow customers to trade cryptocurrencies through spot and margin markets using pairs denominated in UAE dirhams, with direct deposits and withdrawals in the local currency.
Other planned services include on-chain staking, tokenised equities through xStocks, and the Krak transfer product, each subject to applicable regulatory permissions. Margin trading involves borrowing to increase exposure and can magnify both gains and losses, a risk flagged in standard disclosures.
Dubai's VARA framework brings virtual assets under licensed regulation as the emirate and Abu Dhabi's ADGM compete as digital finance centres. For Chinese residents in Dubai who hold crypto assets, a licensed platform with direct dirham rails moves funding on and off exchanges onto a compliance path banks can recognise.
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