SKU-02UAE1 weekNew · first step
VASP snapshot
One question, one week, one page: what your licence lets you do, what’s missing, and what it costs to close the gap.
The outcome you can measure
Three numbers at the end of the week
01 · A dateYour ready-by dateFor your next regulatory step: a filing, an inspection or a launch.
02 · A gap countYour top 10 gapsAcross licence scope, controls and payments, ranked.
03 · A money figureA cost rangeIncluding any capital the next licence or registration needs.
Why now
- Pick oneCan we offer stablecoin payments? · Are we inspection-ready? · Can we tokenize this asset? · How do our flows reach the bank?
- Payment tokensThe Central Bank’s rules sit alongside your VARA licence. The grace period for VARA licensees was extended by a year, not removed.
- InspectionsSupervisors now test whether controls work in practice, not only whether policies exist.
- Why a weekA small, fixed first step is easy to approve, and it tells you which sprint you actually need.
Sources: DLA Piper (October 2026); CMS; brief “Supervisors want evidence, not policies”.
Who it’s for
A good fit
- VARA-licensed VASPs planning payments or new services
- Crypto payment firms entering the UAE
- CEOs, COOs and CCOs preparing a board or investor update
Not the right start
- A legal opinion: I work alongside your legal counsel, not instead of them
- Licensed but not live on a workflow: go straight to the production sprint
What you get, and how it runs
- A one-page view of what your licence covers today
- Your top 10 gaps, ranked, each with an owner
- A ready-by date for your next step
- A cost range, including capital
- A fixed quote for the matching sprint, if you want one
- Day 1Kick-off; your licence, conditions and policies
- Days 2–3Interviews across compliance, operations, tech and finance
- Day 4Gaps ranked; date and cost range built
- Day 5Readout; the one-pager is yours to keep
What I need from you
- One sponsor: your CEO, COO or CCO
- Your licence, its conditions and your current policies
- 4–6 hours of interviews
Where it leads
Payment token readiness, the production sprint or settlement and reconciliation design.
How we’d work
Fixed feeQuoted after a 30-minute scoping call, half on signing.
In DubaiBased in Dubai, so on-site sessions are easy to arrange.
IndependentI don’t resell custody, compliance or blockchain software. fazeZERO, which I contract through, won’t bid on build work from my advice without your written consent.
Not legal adviceI work alongside your legal counsel on regulatory interpretation.
Next step
Tell me the question you need answered.
A 30-minute call is enough to confirm the fit, the fee and a start date.