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Dubai’s VARA Sets June 19 Deadline for Crypto Firms to Comply With Updated Activity-Based Rulebooks

Dubai’s VARA Sets June 19 Deadline for Crypto Firms to Comply With Updated Activity-Based Rulebooks

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Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has introduced changes to its crypto policies, aiming to tighten risk oversight and ensure investor security. The updated policies will also focus on deploying more control around margin trading and token distribution services. Through these upgrades, the VARA expects to make the crypto ecosystem more scalable. The development comes weeks after the Dubai Land Department (DLD) piloted its “Real Estate Tokenisation Project” that aims to initiate collaborations between global Web3 firms and Dubai’s real estate community. The development was announced by the regulatory body on May 19. The VARA said in a press release that it has added more clarity to the compliance requirements across all licensed crypto and Web3 activities. Service providers offering crypto advisories and custody support will have to align their businesses with the upgraded guidelines. Exchanges, broker-dealer services, and lending and borrowing services will also need to adhere to the revamped policies. “These rulebook updates reinforce the foundations of a responsible, scalable ecosystem,” said Ruben Bombardi, VARA’s General Counsel and Head of Regulatory Enablement. The …

Prominent religious leaders and educationists bat for ‘activity-based moral education’

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Karnataka School Education Minister B.C. Nagesh, chairman of Karnataka Knowledge Commission K. Kasturirangan, and Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, along with heads of various educational institutions in the State, at the Round Table Meeting in Bengaluru on Monday. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Value education should be an activity-based teaching module, and teachers should be trained in value education first, said many prominent religious leaders and educationists who participated in a consultative round table meeting on ‘Implementation of Value Education in School Education’ conducted by the Department of School Education and Literacy on Monday. The meeting saw leaders from Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jain, and other religions participate. Vishwaprasanna Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt, Udupi, spoke about the need for activity-based value education: “Earlier, Panchatantra stories were taught to the children as part of value education. Now we should adopt value education through small dramas and students should play parts and characters. Telling the stories through cartoon is another way to teach value education effectively to the students,” he said. Shivamurthy …