VARA and Securitize sign MoU to boost tokenization innovation in Dubai

Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) and Securitize Corp. signed a Memorandum of Understanding on September 2 to collaborate on tokenization regulation and innovation in the emirate. The deal pairs one of the world’s most active digital asset regulators with a firm that manages over $4 billion in tokenized assets. The agreement focuses on exploring how tokenized financial products should be regulated in the region, with both parties working to create compliant issuance and distribution pathways. What the partnership actually involves Securitize, which went public on the NYSE under the ticker SECZ in July 2026, brings both the technical plumbing and the Wall Street credibility that Dubai’s regulators are clearly looking for. This isn’t a cold introduction between the two parties. Securitize already tokenized an SEC-registered ETF linked to economist Nouriel Roubini as a digital security under VARA’s framework back in June 2026. The firm counts BlackRock and Morgan Stanley among its institutional backers. VARA has been building out comprehensive rulebooks since its establishment in 2022 under Dubai Law No. 4. The authority developed frameworks like its Asset-Referenced ...