- Bitfinex has obtained a Digital Asset Service Supplier licence in El Salvador increasing the corporate’s regulated footprint in Latin America.
- Bitfinex now joins Bitfinex Securities and Bitfinex Derivatives as licensed entities in El Salvador, providing spot buying and selling, derivatives, and tokenised securities.
- The announcement comes as El Salvador’s digital asset framework continues to develop, with CNAD licensing greater than 70 digital asset service suppliers since Bitfinex Securities grew to become the primary platform permitted below the nation’s Digital Belongings Issuance Legislation in April 2023.
San Salvador, El Salvador – 12 Might, 2026 – Bitfinex, one of many longest-running and premier digital asset buying and selling platforms, at present introduced that it has obtained a Digital Asset Service Supplier (“DASP”) licence to function in El Salvador. The licence expands Bitfinex’s regulated footprint and provides the core Bitfinex platform to the prevailing licensed operations within the nation. Bitfinex Securities* and Bitfinex Derivatives** have already established licensed entities in El Salvador, giving Bitfinex a regulated presence throughout spot buying and selling, derivatives, and tokenised securities.
El Salvador has turn out to be one of the vital revolutionary and carefully watched jurisdictions for Bitcoin adoption and digital asset regulation. The nation’s digital asset framework has developed on the again of a rising economic system, with Banco Central de Reserva information displaying 3.8% year-over-year GDP development within the fourth quarter of 2025, a 4.3% annual improve in financial exercise in February 2026, and remittances rising 7.3% year-over-year to US$2.44 billion by March 2026.
For Bitfinex, the licence supplies a deeper regulatory basis for serving its prospects and strengthens its presence in Latin America. The announcement additionally comes as Bitcoin has climbed to a three-month excessive, including to renewed consideration on El Salvador’s position in digital belongings and blockchain-based monetary companies.
“El Salvador has pursued a deliberate coverage of turning into a severe residence for regulated digital asset infrastructure, and that’s paying off,” stated Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Bitfinex. “Holding licences throughout our spot, derivatives and securities companies displays our long-standing dedication to the nation and to working below correct and revolutionary supervision, as we deepen our position in supporting the event of a extra open and accessible digital asset economic system.”
Bitfinex has been a powerful supporter of El Salvador’s digital asset licensing regime since its earliest phases. Bitfinex Securities obtained its Digital Asset Service Supplier licence in April 2023, turning into the world’s first worldwide digital asset platform permitted below El Salvador’s Digital Belongings Issuance Legislation and the primary licence granted by the Comisión Nacional de Activos Digitales. The absolutely regulated platform was established to assist the issuance and buying and selling of tokenised real-world belongings, together with equities and bonds.
Bitfinex Derivatives later obtained its personal DASP licence in January 2025, establishing El Salvador as a regional base for the derivatives enterprise. CNAD has now licensed greater than 70 digital asset service suppliers, together with exchanges, custodians, and different digital asset companies.
For Bitfinex, this licence displays the corporate’s continued deal with Latin America, the place digital asset infrastructure might help broaden entry to world markets.
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* References to Bitfinex Securities on this press launch are references to Bitfinex Securities El Salvador, S.A. de C.V.
** References to Bitfinex Derivatives on this press launch are references to Bitfinex Derivatives El Salvador, S.A. de C.V.
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