Unified UAE Legislation Database

Real Law Digest: April 2/2

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About the new Review on cryptocurrency regulation, legislative news and documents uploaded to Real Law for the SHAMS and DIFC free zones

 

Cryptocurrency regulation in the UAE

Real Law experts have prepared a comprehensive overview of the legal framework regarding cryptocurrency in the UAE. In the review you will find:

- Legal framework at the Federal and Emirate levels;

- Restrictions for legal entities and individuals when sending and receiving payments;

- Taxation of cryptocurrency transactions;

- Court decisions;

- Fines.

A review on cryptocurrency regulation in the UAE is only available on the Real Law service.

 

Legislation changes

The full list of new documents published in the Official Gazette can be viewed in the Real Law service in Russian, English and Arabic. The following normative acts and explanations to them have already been published in the service:

1. Ministerial Decision No. 88 of 2025 approved the list of harmonised administrative clarifications for the purposes of imposing the Top-up Tax on Multinational Enterprises. Read more in the news.

2. Ministerial Decision No. 106 of 2023 Concerning the Filing of the Family Charter in the Regis...