UAE now houses 100 regulated Virtual Asset Service Providers

NeosLegal, UAE’s first crypto native law firm has launched the first free monthly updated UAE VASP License tracker, showcasing 100 regulated VASPs ( Virtual Asset Service Providers) across the UAE.

The VASP license tracker 2026 is the first public database across UAE that cover every virtual asset license in the UAE, including those from VARA, ADGM/FSRA , DIFC/DFSA, CBUAE and the federal CMA.

As of June 2026, the tracker lists 100 firms holding active virtual asset licenses in the UAE, spread across the five regulators. 45 of those regulated VASPs were registered in VARA Dubai while 30+ are registered by FSRA in ADGM.

Since the beginning of 2026 to date 14 new VASPs have been regulated.

European firms are already making the move. Bitpanda, the Vienna platform, holds a VARA broker-dealer license. Zodia Markets, the London brokerage backed by Standard Chartered, is licensed in ADGM. Amsterdam-founded Deribit moved its global headquarters to Dubai.

ADGM introduced the UAE’s first virtual asset framework in 2018.

“We are seeing founders arrive from London, Paris, Frankfurt and Zurich who ran out of room at home,” said Irina Heaver, UAE Crypto Lawyer and Founder of NeosLegal, ranked by Lexology as a Recommended Blockchain Lawyer. “A single regime gives you one option. The UAE gives you five, plus a doorway to the Global South. That is a rare proposition.”

The tracker doubles as a verification tool. Each entry lists the regulator, licensed activities and license date, so founders, investors and counterparties can confirm in seconds whether a firm is licensed.