$100 million digital asset venture Investment Company launched by Standard Chartered and SBI holdings in UAE

Standard Chartered and SBI to launch $100 million digital asset venture company in UAE

Standard Chartered’s , venture arm SC Ventures, an innovation and fintech investment arm has partnered with Japanese SBI Holdings to establish a Digital Asset Joint... Details
Lebanese Ministry of Economy signs agreement for Blockchain use cases and Conference

Lebanon’s Ministry of Economy signs agreement for Blockchain use cases and Conference

The Lebanese Ministry of Economy and Trade has signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with DigiWeb LLC, a technology and Web3 company Choueh Law Firm,... Details
Latham Watkins advisors for UAE ADGM on the DLT Foundations regulations

Latham Watkins advisors for UAE’s ADGM DLT Foundations regulations

Latham Watkins announced that it advised UAE’s Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), financial free zone in the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Foundations regulations, which aims... Details
UAE Gold tokenization pioneers applaud HSBC gold tokenization initiative furthering growth

UAE Gold tokenization pioneers applaud HSBC gold tokenization initiative furthering growth

Recently HSBC announced that it would be tokenizing physical gold using Blockchain technology. The tokenized gold stored in HSBC London Bank vaults, will offer tokens... Details
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange utilizes HSBC Blockchain to develop digital securities

UAE ADX Exchange utilizes HSBC Blockchain for digital securities

UAE ADX (Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange)and HSBC Bank Middle East Limited have announced that they will develop digital fixed income securities leveraging the investment product... Details
Qatar Financial Center and Blockchain company Settlemint to tokenize shares and equities

Qatar Financial Centre and Blockchain company Settlemint, to tokenize private shares and equity

In a recent LinkedIn post, Henk Jan Hoogendoorn, Chief Financial Sector Officer at Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) announced the commencement of next steps with... Details
48 Percent of UAE crypto users lack trust in crypto exchanges

48 Percent of UAE crypto users lack trust in crypto exchanges

According to the recent Kucoin Survey report The Cryptoverse,Understanding Crypto Users in the UAE, which revealed insights into the UAE’s role as a crypto hub,... Details
Blockchain XRP Healthcare platform expands to UAE and MENA

Blockchain XRP Healthcare platform expands to UAE and MENA

Pharma and healthcare Blockchain platform, XRP Healthcare, built on XRP Ledger has expanded into UAE and the Middle East. As per the press release, XRP... Details
Blockchain tech settlement provider WadzPay receives initial regulatory approval in UAE

Blockchain settlement entity WadzPay receives initial regulatory approval in UAE

WadzPay has been granted "Initial Approval" by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), marking a pivotal step in Wad pay’s journey towards obtaining a Virtual... Details
Hub81 accepts 7 blockchain digital asset startups to cohort

UAE Hub71 adds blockchain and digital asset startups to cohort

Hub71 has accepted seven startups into its Hub71+Digital assets cohort which include blockchain ad digital asset enabled startups from the region and globe. One of... Details