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VARA Exchange Services Rulebook

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28

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3

Chapters

VARA

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2026

Effective since

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VARA Exchange Services Rulebook (effective 31 March 2026) is one of the rulebooks issued by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of VARA Exchange Services Rulebook and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

VARA Exchange Services Rulebook contents

28 articles in 3 chapters. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.

Exchange Services

26 articles

  1. Part I.A Board constitution

  2. Part I.B.1-3Part I.B Board committees

  3. Part I.C.1Part I.C Board remuneration reporting

  4. Part II.A.1-2Part II.A Policies and procedures

  5. Part II.B.1-3Part II.B Public disclosures

  6. Part III.A.1-6Part III.A Code of conduct

  7. Part III.B.1-3Part III.B Market surveillance and notifications

  8. Part III.C.1Part III.C Trading systems continuity

  9. Part III.D.1Part III.D Settlement

  10. Part IV.A.1-3Part IV.A Margin Trading authorisation

  11. Part IV.B.1-3Part IV.B Margin Trading approval and powers

  12. Part IV.C.1.a-lPart IV.C Margin Trading obligations

  13. Part IV.D.1-3Part IV.D Margin prudential limits and collateral

  14. Part IV.E.1-2Part IV.E Margin Trading Agreement

  15. Part V.A.1-8Part V.A ETD Services general

  16. Part V.B.1-5Part V.B ETD approval and VARA powers

  17. Part V.C.1-7Part V.C Client suitability

  18. Part V.D.1-6Part V.D Segregation of ETD Services

  19. Part V.E.1-4Part V.E Client communications

  20. Part V.F.1-2Part V.F ETD Services Agreement

  21. Part V.G.1-12Part V.G Margin and leverage limits

  22. Part V.H.1-4Part V.H Perpetual ETDs

  23. Part V.I.1-8Part V.I Insurance Funds

  24. Part V.J.1-7Part V.J Monitoring, margin call and close-out

  25. Part V.K.1-4Part V.K Negative balances and loss mutualisation

  26. Part V.L.1-4Part V.L Records and notifications

Part IV.C.1.l

1 article

  1. Part IV.C.1.l-retRecord Retention — Margin Trading service records

Part V.C.5

1 article

  1. Part V.C.5-retRecord Retention — ETD client suitability assessments

What VARA Exchange Services Rulebook covers

VARA Exchange Services Rulebook's 28 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.

Compliance — 11 articles

Legal / Compliance — 4 articles

Operations / Compliance — 2 articles

Risk / Finance — 2 articles

General — 2 articles

Technology — 1 article

Topics covered

VARA Exchange Services Rulebook spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.

vara

vasp

virtual assets

exchange

margin trading

derivatives

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What is VARA Exchange Services Rulebook (effective 31 March 2026)?

VARA Exchange Services Rulebook (effective 31 March 2026) is issued by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority and has applied since 31 March 2026. It has 28 articles across 3 chapters.

What does VARA Exchange Services Rulebook cover?

It is organised into: Exchange Services; Part IV.C.1.l; Part V.C.5.

Who issues VARA Exchange Services Rulebook?

The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. Always check the authority's official publication for the binding text.

Can I search VARA Exchange Services Rulebook and ask questions about it?

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