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CRA-4.5.8

Past version: Effective from 01 Apr 2019 to 31 Mar 2023
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As part of establishing a relationship with a client, and prior to entering into an initial transaction with such client, licensee must disclose in clear, conspicuous, and legible writing in both Arabic and English languages, all material risks associated with crypto-asset products and services including at a minimum, the following:

(a) A crypto-asset is not a legal tender and is not backed by the government;
(b) legislative and regulatory changes or actions at national level or international level may adversely affect the use, transfer, exchange, and value of crypto-assets;
(c) transactions in crypto-assets may be irreversible, and, accordingly, losses due to fraudulent or accidental transactions may not be recoverable;
(d) some crypto-asset transactions may be deemed to be made when recorded on a public ledger, which is not necessarily the date or time that the client initiates the transaction;
(e) the value of crypto-assets may be derived from the continued willingness of market participants to exchange fiat currency for crypto-asset, which may result in the potential for permanent and total loss of value of a particular crypto-asset should the market for that crypto-asset disappear;
(f) the volatility and unpredictability of the price of crypto-assets relative to fiat currency may result in significant loss over a short period of time;
(g) the nature of crypto-assets may lead to an increased risk of fraud or cyber-attacks;
(h) the nature of crypto-assets means that any technological difficulties experienced by the licensee may prevent the access or use of a client's crypto-assets; and
(i) any investor protection mechanism.
Added: April 2019