Crypto

Revolut strengthens UAE push with Sameer Al Ansari as Non-Executive Chairman

Revolut has appointed Dr. Sameer Al Ansari as Non-Executive Chairman of Revolut UAE, formally known as Revolut Stored Value Services...

August 27, 2026

Crypto firm Davensi receives in principle approval from VARA Dubai

French crypto investment, trading and treasury company Davensi has according to UAE based W3C an advisory and legal consulting firm,...

August 27, 2026

Standard Chartered Bank reveals tokenized deposits reaching $11 billion

Standard Chartered’s CEO Bill Winters revealed that the bank’s tokenized deposit volumes have reached around $11 billion in monthly run...

August 27, 2026

Zand to support USDC Zand Dirham transactions in UAE

Zand, an AI and blockchain-powered digital bank in the UAE is now supporting USDC, issued by regulated entities of Circle...

August 25, 2026

RAKbank Islamic now offers Bitcoin trading through BitPanda

Rakbank is now offering its Rakbank Islamic customers the ability to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin through Bitpanda’s regulated virtual...

August 24, 2026

Fasset raises a total of $119 million so far in 2026, valuing the company at $1 billion

UAE regulated Fasset, the AI powered stablecoin neobanking platform has raised $68 million for its Series C Funding led by...

August 24, 2026

From CoinMENA to Paribu: Talal Tabbaa on Crypto, Resilience, and What Comes Next?

A few months ago, I interviewed Talal Tabbaa following the successful sale of CoinMENA to Turkish crypto exchange and conglomerate...

August 21, 2026

Two firms, Morgan Lewis and CFC MENA behind the recent VASP licenses in UAE

In the past week, as VASPs acquire license approvals within the UAE, the legal and business advisors who have supported...

August 21, 2026

UAE based Capital.com to offer crypto trading to its clients

Capital.com, a regulated online financial trading platform, which has more than 800k clients across 10 global office locations, will be...

August 20, 2026

UAE regulated Bybit prevented in 2026 more than $700 million in potential user losses

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, intercepted more than 30,000 suspicious withdrawal requests in the first half...

August 19, 2026