Daniel from Improve Press
GC Alternate FZE (GCEX), part of the broader GCEX Group, has bolstered its presence within the Center East by securing an operational digital asset service supplier (VASP) license from Dubai’s Digital Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA).
Introduced at the moment (Monday), the license will permit the corporate to supply digital asset broker-dealer companies in Dubai.
Mehtap Önder, Dubai Managing Director, GCEX
Mehtap Önder, Managing Director, GCEX in Dubai, mentioned: “Being a regulated entity within the area is necessary to us – it’s the perfect approach to exhibit our dedication to adhering to worldwide requirements and implementing strong processes, with transparency and investor safety on the core of our providing. This can be a main milestone for our enterprise and is crucial to GCEX’s progress technique, enabling us to have a stronger presence within the area.”
GCEX was established in 2018 by Lars Holst, providing brokers, hedge funds, {and professional} merchants to entry deep liquidity in FX and digital property, together with a variety of know-how options. The London-headquartered firm turned a web revenue of £1.5 million in 2022 and opened its Dubai workplace in July 2022.
Earlier this yr, GCEX launched two proprietary buying and selling platforms, one for digital property and the opposite for margin foreign exchange and contracts for variations.
A Strategic Crypto License
The newest license got here after the Dubai subsidiary of GCEX obtained VARA’s Minimal Viable Product (MVP) license in February 2023. Aside from the Dubai license, GCEX is regulated in the UK by the Monetary Conduct Authority and is registered with the Danish Monetary Supervisory Authority.
“[In Dubai, GCEX is] the primary agency to achieve approval to function with a shopper cash account, highlighting our deal with shopper safety,” Önder added.
In the meantime, a number of different crypto corporations lately obtained the VASP license from VARA. Crypto.com and HEX Belief are only some names that lately obtained the Dubai license. Nevertheless, the regulator in Dubai suspended the license of BitOasis earlier this yr, citing non-compliance.
GC Alternate FZE (GCEX), part of the broader GCEX Group, has bolstered its presence within the Center East by securing an operational digital asset service supplier (VASP) license from Dubai’s Digital Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA).
Introduced at the moment (Monday), the license will permit the corporate to supply digital asset broker-dealer companies in Dubai.
Mehtap Önder, Dubai Managing Director, GCEX
Mehtap Önder, Managing Director, GCEX in Dubai, mentioned: “Being a regulated entity within the area is necessary to us – it’s the perfect approach to exhibit our dedication to adhering to worldwide requirements and implementing strong processes, with transparency and investor safety on the core of our providing. This can be a main milestone for our enterprise and is crucial to GCEX’s progress technique, enabling us to have a stronger presence within the area.”
GCEX was established in 2018 by Lars Holst, providing brokers, hedge funds, {and professional} merchants to entry deep liquidity in FX and digital property, together with a variety of know-how options. The London-headquartered firm turned a web revenue of £1.5 million in 2022 and opened its Dubai workplace in July 2022.
Earlier this yr, GCEX launched two proprietary buying and selling platforms, one for digital property and the opposite for margin foreign exchange and contracts for variations.
A Strategic Crypto License
The newest license got here after the Dubai subsidiary of GCEX obtained VARA’s Minimal Viable Product (MVP) license in February 2023. Aside from the Dubai license, GCEX is regulated in the UK by the Monetary Conduct Authority and is registered with the Danish Monetary Supervisory Authority.
“[In Dubai, GCEX is] the primary agency to achieve approval to function with a shopper cash account, highlighting our deal with shopper safety,” Önder added.
In the meantime, a number of different crypto corporations lately obtained the VASP license from VARA. Crypto.com and HEX Belief are only some names that lately obtained the Dubai license. Nevertheless, the regulator in Dubai suspended the license of BitOasis earlier this yr, citing non-compliance.
