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    <description>Long-form briefings, regulatory analysis and inspection-readiness guides on UAE (VARA, ADGM FSRA, DFSA, SCA / CMA), EU MiCA and the PSD2/PSD3 + EMI overlay, UK FCA's FSMA 2026 regime, Singapore MAS, Hong Kong SFC and Switzerland FINMA.</description>
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      <title>MiCA CASP Authorisation: a practitioner guide for crypto-asset service providers in the EU</title>
      <link>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/mica-casp-authorisation-guide.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/mica-casp-authorisation-guide.html</guid>
      <description>The ten CASP services, the ART and EMT regimes, NCA selection, capital, transitional grandfathering, and how MiCA interacts with PSD2/PSD3 and MiFID II.</description>
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      <title>PSD2, PSD3 and the EMI overlay: what MiCA-authorised crypto firms must know in 2026</title>
      <link>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/psd2-psd3-emi-overlay.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/psd2-psd3-emi-overlay.html</guid>
      <description>EMTs are statutorily e-money. The dual MiCA + EMI stack, the 2 March 2026 hardening, and the PSD3 / PSR transition.</description>
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      <title>UK FCA Cryptoasset Regime 2026: from MLR registration to FSMA 2026 authorisation</title>
      <link>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/uk-fca-cryptoasset-regime-2026.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/uk-fca-cryptoasset-regime-2026.html</guid>
      <description>Authorisation gateway opens 30 September 2026. Application window to 28 February 2027. Regime live 25 October 2027. No automatic conversion from MLR registration.</description>
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      <title>VARA Custody Rulebook: key management, segregation, and proof-of-reserves after Version 2.0</title>
      <link>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/vara-custody-rulebook.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/vara-custody-rulebook.html</guid>
      <description>Where the VARA Custody Rulebook bar actually sits in 2026, and the five remediation items most Dubai-licensed custodians still owe their boards.</description>
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      <title>VARA Marketing Rules: what virtual asset firms must show before they speak</title>
      <link>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/vara-marketing-rules.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/vara-marketing-rules.html</guid>
      <description>Disclosure standard, risk-warning expectations, social-media perimeter and inducements rules.</description>
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      <title>ADGM FSRA Category 4: a step-by-step licence guide for virtual asset advisory firms</title>
      <link>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/adgm-fsra-category-4-guide.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/adgm-fsra-category-4-guide.html</guid>
      <description>Capital, Responsible Individuals, Accepted Virtual Assets, fees, timelines and the five common application traps.</description>
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      <title>Cabinet Resolution 112/2022: how a VARA licence reaches beyond Dubai</title>
      <link>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/cabinet-resolution-112-federal-reach.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/cabinet-resolution-112-federal-reach.html</guid>
      <description>The legal mechanism that gives VARA licensees UAE-wide reach via SCA — now CMA — auto-registration.</description>
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      <title>VARA Version 2.0 Rulebooks: what tightened, and what to do about it</title>
      <link>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/vara-v2-rulebooks.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/vara-v2-rulebooks.html</guid>
      <description>A field guide to the May 2025 Version 2.0 release across the seven activity categories.</description>
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      <title>DFSA Crypto Token rules, after 12 January 2026</title>
      <link>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/dfsa-crypto-token-2026.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/dfsa-crypto-token-2026.html</guid>
      <description>The amendments shifted suitability accountability from regulator to firm.</description>
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      <title>Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2025: from SCA to CMA</title>
      <link>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/federal-decree-law-33-2025.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0400</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.casadvisory.org/insights/federal-decree-law-33-2025.html</guid>
      <description>A consolidated federal capital markets perimeter and extraterritorial reach.</description>
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