Bitfinex completes El Salvador licence set across three markets

Bitfinex has secured a Digital Asset Service Provider licence in El Salvador, completing a local regulatory structure covering spot trading, crypto derivatives and tokenized securities. Summary Bitfinex now holds Salvadoran approvals spanning spot trading, derivatives and regulated tokenized securities services locally. CNAD registered two core Bitfinex entities in April, adding them to existing licensed operations there. El Salvador remains central to Bitfinex’s Latin American strategy for trading and tokenized capital markets. The exchange announced the approval on May 12, after the National Commission of Digital Assets registered two Bitfinex-linked operating entities on April 23. The new approval brings the core Bitfinex trading platform alongside Bitfinex Securities El Salvador and Bitfinex Derivatives El Salvador. Bitfinex said the structure gives the group a regulated presence across its main businesses in the country, although product access will still depend on customer eligibility, location and the platform’s terms. Core Bitfinex platform joins regulated local entities El Salvador’s CNAD public registry lists BFXNA El Salvador under registration PSAD-0082 and BFXWW El Sal...