Coinbase to Open International Tokenization Center in Abu Dhabi

8/12/2026, 09:21 AMЕвгения Слив

The cryptocurrency company Coinbase has received official permission to launch an international tokenization center. The FSRA regulator has approved the creation of a new site in the ADGM special Economic Zone. The project will specialize in issuing tokenized securities to investors. The company has received a special Financial Services Permission license to work with investment instruments. The permit allows you to organize transactions and provide custody services to clients. The new center will become an infrastructure base for issuing digital securities. These tools will be officially registered in the ADGM zone. The underlying shares will act as reliable collateral for the issued digital instruments. The FSRA regulator will continuously monitor all operations. Token holders will receive real economic rights to the underlying assets. Investors will be able to receive dividends on their digital securities. Individual issues will give holders the right to vote and purchase assets.

Users will not need a traditional brokerage account to work with the tools. Access to digital securities is organized through ordinary crypto wallets. All transfers will undergo mandatory checks for compliance with the sanctions requirements. The system provides for the possibility of blocking assets at the level of individual wallets. This function is necessary to comply with the current financial legislation. Representatives of Coinbase consider such a mechanism to be a successful compromise. Blockchain technology is successfully combined with traditional financial regulation. The DeFi infrastructure integrates into the usual framework of oversight requirements. The international center will become part of the company's broad strategy in the region. The crypto exchange intends to develop two major areas outside the United States. The first area includes a platform for tokenized securities. The second area covers the international business of cryptocurrency derivatives.

Representatives of ADGM noted the important role of launching the Coinbase center for the region. This move reflects Abu Dhabi's growing role in the development of digital infrastructure. The Emirate is actively creating a regulated environment for traditional financial instruments. The ADGM zone began to develop a regulatory framework back in the two thousand and eighteenth year. Abu Dhabi is actively attracting cryptocurrency and fintech companies from all over the world. The region offers a separate regulated regime for innovative projects. The management of Coinbase expects a significant expansion of investors' access to the markets. Digital assets open up new opportunities for participants in the global capital market. Blockchain-based regulated financial products will receive an additional boost. Technology companies continue to actively enter promising Middle Eastern markets. The United Arab Emirates is becoming an important hub for the crypto industry.

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