Cryptocurrency News & Market Updates

• Bitfinex has received a Digital Asset Service Provider licence in El Salvador expanding the company’s regulated footprint in Latin America.
• Bitfinex now joins Bitfinex Securities and Bitfinex Derivatives as licensed entities in El Salvador, offering  spot trading, derivatives, and tokenised securities.
• The announcement comes as El Salvador’s digital asset framework continues to develop, with CNAD licensing more than 70 digital asset service providers since Bitfinex Securities became the first platform approved under the country’s Digital Assets Issuance Law in April 2023.

San Salvador, El Salvador – 12 May, 2026 – Bitfinex, one of the longest-running and premier digital asset trading platforms, today announced that it has received a Digital Asset Service Provider (“DASP”) licence to operate in El Salvador. The licence expands Bitfinex’s regulated footprint and adds the core Bitfinex platform to the existing licensed operations in the country. Bitfinex Securities* and Bitfinex Derivatives** have already established licensed entities in El Salvador, giving Bitfinex a regulated presence across spot trading, derivatives, and tokenised securities.