# Dubai Financial Services Authority

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-03**: Standard Chartered launches UAE institutional spot crypto trading — Eligible institutional clients in the UAE can buy and sell Bitcoin and Ether for immediate delivery through the bank's electronic trading channels.
- **2026-01**: DFSA updated crypto rules take effect — New regulatory rules under the DFSA framework become effective, shaping compliance for crypto financial services in the DIFC.
- **2025-07**: Standard Chartered launches UK institutional BTC/ETH spot trading — The bank becomes the first G-SIB to offer deliverable spot Bitcoin and Ether trading to institutional clients through its UK branch.
- **2024-09**: Standard Chartered launches UAE digital asset custody — After receiving a DFSA license, Standard Chartered begins offering institutional custody for Bitcoin and Ethereum, with Brevan Howard Digital as first client.
- **2022**: DFSA introduces crypto token framework — The Dubai Financial Services Authority establishes a framework for regulating financial services involving crypto tokens in or from the DIFC.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Standard Chartered becomes 1st G-SIB to offer UAE BTC/ETH spot trading
2026-09-04 00:44:14 · Sentiment: Bullish · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 5

Standard Chartered has launched regulated institutional spot Bitcoin and Ether trading in the UAE's DIFC, the first global systemically important bank to do so. The move integrates crypto execution into existing FX rails and adds spot to its 2024 custody offering. For the crypto market, it marks another step toward bank-grade institutional access.
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