Yellow Card receives crypto asset provider license in South Africa

Yellow Card receives crypto asset provider license in South Africa

As stablecoin adoption surges in Africa, with sub Saharan Africa having the highest adoption rate in the world at 9.2%, Yellow Card, Africa's leading stablecoin... Details
The FSRA's risk management guidance includes decentralized infrastructures

The FSRA’s risk management guidance includes decentralized infrastructures

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM has published its Information Technology (IT) Risk Management Guidance (Guidance), providing a comprehensive and holistic framework for... Details
Digital asset custodian, Zodia Custody interested in expanding to UAE and Qatar

Digital asset custodian, Zodia Custody interested in expanding to UAE and Qatar

Zodia Custody, backed by Standard Chartered Bank has shown interest in offering its services not only in the UAE but in Qatar as well. Recently,... Details
UAE M2 crypto exchange engages Haruko for treasury risk management

UAE M2 crypto exchange engages Haruko for treasury risk management

UAE homegrown M2, cryptocurrency exchange and custodian has engaged Haruko, an institutional-grade infrastructure solution created for companies deploying capital across the digital asset ecosystem to... Details
BlackRock sets up in Abu Dhabi UAE as it plans regulatory approval from ADGM

BlackRock sets up in Abu Dhabi UAE as it plans regulatory approval from ADGM

The global fund manager BlackRock, which has a Bitcoin ETF, known as IBIT where in just 211 days since its launch has amassed $40 billion... Details
Greengage to promote green digital assets sector with e-money solutions

Greengage to promote green digital assets sector with e-money solutions

Hub71 startup, Greengage, a blockchain enabled digital finance pioneer serving entrepreneurs, SMEs, family offices and digital asset firms with e-money solutions and B2B lending, has... Details
Tether facilitates $45 million crude Middle East oil transaction

Tether facilitates $45 million crude Middle East oil transaction

Tether, issuer of stablecoin USDT, through its Investment division has financed a physical crude oil transaction, in the Middle East, between a publicly traded super-major... Details
Ethiopia signs with 25 bitcoin mining companies

Ethiopia signs with 25 bitcoin mining companies

Ethiopia Electric Power (EEP), a state-owned utility, has signed power purchase agreements with 25 bitcoin mining companies. These bitcoin companies are using Ethiopia's surplus renewable energy... Details
Bahrain Singapore Gulf Bank to offer digital asset custody services

Bahrain Singapore Gulf Bank to offer digital asset custody services

Operating under full regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Bahrain, Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) has launched in Bahrain to offer comprehensive digital banking services... Details
Tether to issue AED Stablecoin on TON blockchain

Tether to issue AED Stablecoin on TON blockchain

On the same day that Tether the issuer of the USDT stablecoin announced that USDT is now on TON Network on MobeeID, Alessandro Giori, Tether’s... Details