{"id":58556,"date":"2025-11-14T15:16:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=58556"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:16:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:16:36","slug":"did-the-uae-just-ban-bitcoin-no-but-what-they-did-might-be-even-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=58556","title":{"rendered":"Did The UAE Just Ban Bitcoin? No \u2014 But What They Did Might Be Even Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/content\/44395138\/uae-tops-most-crypto-obsessed-countries-list-in-2025-atmos-research\">remains legal in the UAE<\/a>, but sweeping rules that took effect on Sep. 16 now force licenses on nearly every crypto tool, creating one of the world&#8217;s toughest self-custody crackdowns.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Law Broadens Central Bank Authority<\/h3>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BANS BITCOIN<\/p>\n<p>I have bad news for all crypto habibis in Dubai, it&#8217;s real.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0New Central Bank of the UAE Law was issued in the Official Gazette and became legally effective as of September 16, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The law in particular makes it a crime to offer any\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mtCJtlDGZZ\">pic.twitter.com\/mtCJtlDGZZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mikko Ohtamaa (@moo9000) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moo9000\/status\/1989247472888115262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The New Central Bank of the UAE Law expands the regulator&#8217;s oversight beyond traditional financial firms to include technology providers that facilitate financial activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Article 62 extends &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/11\/48866270\/did-the-uae-just-ban-bitcoin-no-but-what-they-did-might-be-even-worse?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Did\" the uae just ban bitcoin no but what they did might be even worse>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) remains legal in the UAE, but sweeping rules that took effect on Sep. 16 now force licenses on nearly every crypto tool, creating one of the world&#8217;s toughest self-custody crackdowns. New Law Broadens Central Bank Authority UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BANS BITCOIN I have bad news for all crypto habibis in Dubai, it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-58556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}