Dubai VARA Signs Deal With Securitize to Drive Tokenization Innovation

TL;DR

• Securitize and Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority signed a MoU to advance tokenization in the United Arab Emirates.
• The agreement aims to attract institutional talent and define how tokenized financial products should operate under Dubai’s regulatory framework.
• The total value of tokenized assets grew 2% over 30 days to reach $38.5 billion, with 3.2 million holders worldwide.

Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) and Securitize, the tokenization platform backed by BlackRock, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the development of digital asset infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates.

The collaboration framework aims to support regulated tokenization initiatives, strengthen institutional participation and consolidate Dubai’s digital asset ecosystem. According to VARA’s spokesperson, the central objective of the MoU is to combine the authority’s regulatory perspective with Securitize’s expertise in institutional tokenization, in order to identify areas where collaboration can underpin the development of reliable and regulated tokenized markets in the region.

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