Kraken parent Payward secured full VARA market approval on October 12, 2026, to serve UAE clients with spot trading in dirhams while deferring derivatives.

The venues where digital assets trade, from Coinbase and Binance to decentralized protocols, with their listings, licenses, custody and failures.

Licensing, custody, and market-conduct rules for platforms where people trade digital assets, shaped by collapses like FTX and jurisdictional disputes between regulators.