According to a recent Baker McKenzie client alert , the UAE Security and Commodities Authority has issued two new regulations pertaining to virtual assets. UAE SCA will be creating a list of accepted virtual assets as well as regulations allowing already regulated financial institutions to offer virtual asset services while amending capitalization requirements for virtual asset exchanges, custodians, and brokers. These regulations while published in Arabic were translated by Baker Mckenzie in their client  report. As per the report, the SCA has issued two new decisions,   (26/RM) of 2023 in relation to Virtual Assets Platform Operators (the “SCA VA Exchange Regulations“); and   Decision No. (27/RM) of 2023 amending SCA Chairman of the Board of Director’s Decision No. (13/RM) of 2021 in relation to the SCA Rulebook (the “SCA Rulebook Amendments Regulations“). The SCA VA Exchange Regulations define VAs as a “digital representation of a value that can be traded or digitally