Digital Assets Week to Launch in Dubai with VARA as Host Partner
Digital Assets Week Dubai will take place on 4 February 2027 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, bringing together leaders from across institutional finance, digital assets, regulation and market infrastructure.
Dubai, UAE – Digital Assets Week, the institutional conference series focused on the transformation of capital markets through tokenisation, is set to launch in Dubai on 4 February 2027, with the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) confirmed as Host Partner.
Taking place at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Digital Assets Week Dubai will bring together financial institutions, institutional investors, regulators, exchanges, infrastructure providers and other key market participants to examine the next phase of institutional digital asset adoption.
Following editions in London, New York and Hong Kong, the launch in Dubai reflects the growing role of the region in the development of regulated digital asset markets and institutional tokenisation.
The one day programme will focus on the practical developments shaping the transition towards tokenised capital markets, with discussions spanning regulation, stablecoins, tokenised deposits, custody, market infrastructure, real-world asset tokenisation, DeFi and institutional yield.
Key topics will include:
- Regulation as a Competitive Advantage – What Dubai's Specialist Model Has Delivered
- The Dirham Goes On-Chain – Stablecoins, Tokenised Deposits or the Digital Dirham?
- 24/7 Markets and Atomic Settlement – Does the Gulf Need Them Most?
- From Title Deed to Token – What Dubai's Real Estate Experiment Is Teaching the World
- Custody, Banking Rails and Institutional Plumbing
- Tokenised Sukuk – Is Islamic Finance Tokenisation's Natural Home?
- Bringing DeFi Into TradFi – What Does Compliant DeFi Look Like?
- Where Capital Is Flowing in Tokenisation and Stablecoin Infrastructure
- Tokenised Yield for Gulf Capital – Treasuries, Money-Market Funds and Working Collateral
Digital Assets Week is built around a highly curated institutional audience, with the series designed to bring together traditional financial-market participants and the technology, infrastructure and regulatory organisations driving the development of digital assets.
The first speakers and participating organisations will be announced in the coming months.
For further information on attendance, speaking and sponsorship opportunities, visit daweek.org/dubai.
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