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United Arab Emirates DeFi Protocol for American founders
Setting up a defi protocol in United Arab Emirates as a American founder is a three-variable problem: the United Arab Emirates entity, the defi protocol regulatory profile, and the home-country exposure of the UBO.
United Arab Emirates entity
Free zone QFZP requires adequate substance
DeFi Protocol considerations
Permissionless on-chain protocol with treasury and governance.
American UBO exposure
CFC/GILTI, PFIC, FBAR/FATCA reporting paramount; treat US tax exposure as primary constraint.
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