Amber Group Gets VARA Brokerage License for Amber Premium

Amber Group has received a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) brokerage license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for its Amber Premium business. The license, issued to Amber Premium FZE, permits broker-dealer, lending, borrowing, management and investment services for qualified and institutional investors in the UAE.

The VARA registration makes Amber the 45th VASP licensed by the authority. VARA’s public register lists the specific permissions granted to Amber Premium FZE.

Amber operates a platform for institutional and high-net-worth clients and reports more than $1 trillion in cumulative trading volume globally. Amber International Holding Limited (Nasdaq: AMBR) received preliminary approval from VARA in December 2025 and at that time reported serving about 4,900 high-net-worth, ultra-high-net-worth and institutional clients.

Client migration to the UAE entity is ongoing. Amber’s UAE regulatory page says the current website has been published to satisfy VARA’s requirement for a dedicated local entity website. The company added, “We will only enable full operations and public access after migration is fully complete and we have formally notified VARA and approved by the same of the final URL.”

Amber has not opened full public access to the platform in the UAE while migration and final site approval are completed.