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Liv Crypto Account
A US dollar investment account for buying, selling and holding cryptocurrency in the Liv app, executed by a VARA-regulated partner. No fees to hold.
Opened from inside the Liv app. You need a Liv Primary Account first.
Liv asks for a staff code on the Contact details screen. Open account to get yours.
At a glance
Key facts
Holding CurrencyUSD
Age Range21 and over
Account FeeNo monthly fee
Account access
No debit card included.
Open in the app.
An existing account with the bank is required.
The Liv Crypto Account is a US dollar investment account with no maintenance fee and no minimum balance. Buying, selling and holding of crypto is delivered in partnership with Aquanow ME FZE, regulated by Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority under licence VL/24/01/001.
The account pays no interest. Returns come entirely from the assets held, and crypto assets are not covered by the arrangements that protect a bank deposit. For money that needs to be there later, the Goal Account is the other end of the spectrum.
Who can open it
Crypto cannot be your entry point to Liv. The account is opened from inside an existing Liv relationship, so the Liv Primary Account comes first and brings its own monthly fee conditions with it. Anyone opening a Liv account solely to reach this one should price that account's terms in before treating the crypto account as free to hold.
Minimum age21 years
ResidencyUAE resident or national
Aged 21 or overHigher than the 18 that applies to Liv's cash and metal accounts.
An existing Liv accountOpened online from inside the app; no extra documents are needed.
Fees and balance
Balance requirements
- No minimum balance.
Account charges
No monthly fee.
The banking wrapper carries no account fee, but that says nothing about the cost of a trade. Trading is charged as a commission on the trade itself, and Liv runs periodic campaigns that move it, so the figure that matters is the one shown at the point of trade rather than the account terms.
The account is denominated in US dollars. Funding it from a dirham balance converts, and withdrawing converts again. The dirham is pegged to the dollar, so this is not exchange-rate risk in the ordinary sense, but conversion is not necessarily free and it happens on the way in and the way out.
Benefits
Liv X Mobile App
Buy, sell and hold crypto without a separate exchange account
VARA-Regulated Partner
Aquanow ME FZE, licensed by VARA under VL/24/01/001
No Account Fee Or Minimum
No account maintenance fee and no minimum balance
How to open
Open in the app.
An existing account with the bank is required.
Application steps
1.Open the Liv X app on your existing Liv account.
2.Go to wealth and choose crypto.
3.Complete the questions to open the USD investment account.
4.Fund it, then buy the assets you want.
Good to know
Withdrawal restrictions
This account has the strictest withdrawal rules of any Liv account. There are no ATM withdrawals and no outward US dollar transfers at all, including to another bank or to another Liv, Emirates NBD or Emirates Islamic account. Money moves in, and the way out is back through the route it came. Anyone planning to use this as a dollar account for other purposes should read that clause before opening.
Frequently asked questions
Get answers to common questions about the Liv Crypto Account
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