

UAE ADIB Bank secured over $128 million in deals on Blockchain trade finance platform in 2022
UAE Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank secured 130 deals valuing over $128 million from 11 banks in Bangladesh using Blockchain trade finance platform TradeAssets. TradeAssets is...
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UAE Blockchain farmer marketplace merges with Bahrain BeanBoat
UAE Farmsent, a blockchain platform for farmers and producers where they can directly supply goods to the consumers, has merged with Bahrain Beanboat, pioneers of...
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Dubai virtual asset regulator to release its Full market framework soon
In a recent article on Pinsentmasons legal firm website, the article discusses Dubai VARA’s Full market product regulatory regime for virtual assets and its upcoming rollout. The...
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Is the UAE Central Bank close to launching its own CBDC?
There are 112 countries that are — in one way or another — exploring central bank digital currency (CBDC). Of this number, 11 countries have...
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Saudi Telecom in Bahrain first telecom operator in GCC to accept crypto payments
stc Bahrain has become the first telecom operator in Bahrain to accept cryptocurrencies through its partnership with Eazy Financial Services, a leading Bahraini Payment Services...
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Q9 Capital listed on Dubai’s regulator website under Native crypto content and DLT platform
The Dubai based Q9 Capital, which had announced a month ago unilaterally announced that they had received a provisional virtual asset approval from Dubai’s Virtual...
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Oman mines first Bitcoin at first licensed crypto mining data center in MENA
Oman Ministry of Transport, Communications, and IT in partnership with Green Data City (GDC) the next generation data blockchain ecosystem, have launched the first licensed...
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UAE Education startup implementing blockchain solution for data verification
UAE startup Educatly, a platform connecting students to global higher education opportunities based out of in5 Tech, a business incubator by TECOM Group PJSC, is...
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UAE DMCC Blockchain members of new gaming Centre to benefit from VC fund
UAE DMCC, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, has launched the DMCC Gaming Centre in support of the increasingly growing global and regional video games industry. Members...
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