Coinbase Unveils Tokenized Securities Hub in Abu Dhabi
Coinbase has received permission from Abu Dhabi's Financial Services Regulatory Authority to arrange deals in investments and provide custody as it develops an international hub for tokenized securities.
The company is building a market where regulated securities can move through blockchain wallets without abandoning the legal protections attached to traditional investments.
This model combines regulated ownership rights, direct wallet access, and blockchain-based transfer infrastructure inside one supervised market.
Coinbase's Abu Dhabi strategy has been developing for several years, with ADGM introducing a regulatory framework for crypto assets in 2018 and later publishing dedicated guidance for digital securities.
The new permission moves Project Diamond, an institutional platform for creating, buying, and selling digitally native assets, beyond a controlled regulatory experiment.