Dubai Financial Services Authority shifts crypto-token suitability checks to DIFC firms
DIFC crypto firms must document token suitability before engagement
DFSA
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Change
Dubai Financial Services Authority brought updated Crypto Token rules into force in DIFC, shifting token suitability assessment from DFSA recognition to firm-led documented determinations.
Why it matters
DFSA no longer publishes a list of Recognised Crypto Tokens. Firms providing financial services involving Crypto Tokens in DIFC must determine and document whether each token meets DFSA suitability criteria.
Implications
- — DIFC firms providing financial services involving Crypto Tokens must maintain reasoned and documented suitability determinations for each token they engage with because DFSA has shifted assessment responsibility to firms.
- — Crypto trading, custody, advisory, fund and asset-management firms in DIFC must replace reliance on DFSA’s Recognised Crypto Token list with internal token-admission controls because DFSA will no longer publish that list.
- — Compliance and risk teams at DIFC crypto-token firms must align conduct, operational and reporting controls with the updated framework because DFSA brought the enhanced rules into force on 12 January 2026.
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