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By Sakamoto Nashi
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What the UAE Regulatory Framework Actually Means. The UAE's Payment Token Services Regulation isn't just paperwork.
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Zodia Custody, Uniswap, and the Institutional Push. USDU launched in January. Since then, distribution has picked up.
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What's Still Pending. Bitcoin.com was pretty direct that further features are still under review.
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Bitcoin.com just added USDU to its self-custodial web and mobile wallet. Users can now hold, send, and receive the stablecoin directly — no intermediary required.
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USDU isn't your typical dollar-pegged token. It's issued by Universal Digital, an Abu Dhabi-based company, and it carries a distinction most stablecoins can't claim: it's the…
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The UAE's Payment Token Services Regulation isn't just paperwork. It sets a real constraint: payments for digital assets and derivatives within the country can only happen using…
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Stablecoin regulation globally has been a mess for years. Some jurisdictions banned them outright. Others let them grow wild with almost no oversight.
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Bitcoin.com plans to expand what users can do with USDU on the platform. Swap functionality is coming, along with buy-and-sell capabilities through third-party providers.
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USDU launched in January. Since then, distribution has picked up. In July, Zodia Custody started supporting the stablecoin, which let institutional clients hold and transfer USDU…
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Then in August, a USDT-USDU liquidity pool went live on Uniswap. That's the DeFi angle. A liquidity pool on Uniswap means traders and protocols can swap between USDT and USDU…
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It's an interesting combination. Institutional custody through Zodia. Decentralized liquidity through Uniswap. Retail wallet access through Bitcoin.com.
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Bitcoin.com was pretty direct that further features are still under review. Regulatory approval drives the timeline, and that's not something the company controls entirely.
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That's the honest reality of building with regulated stablecoins. The compliance wrapper that makes USDU legitimate in the UAE also means every new feature has to go through a…
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More context: Citi Unveils Bitcoin Custody Service for Institutions, Partners with Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs
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