DeFi Technologies Inc. (the “Company” or “DeFi Technologies”) (Nasdaq: DEFT) (CBOE CA: DEFI) (GR: R9B), a financial technology company bridging the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance (“DeFi”), will be hosting the Abu Dhabi edition of the DeFi Technologies Insights Global Symposium on December 8, 2025, at Emirates Palace.
The Abu Dhabi session follows the inaugural Frankfurt Symposium of September 25, 2025, and continues the global series designed to bring together institutional investors, regulators, innovators, and technologists to explore how decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance (TradFi) are converging to redefine capital markets.
The DeFi Technologies Insights Global Symposium is a curated series of high-level, in-person gatherings fostering trusted conversations on the future of global finance. Backed by DeFi Technologies and supported by its ecosystem partners — Valour, Stillman Digital, Reflexivity Research, Neuronomics, SovFi, and BTQ Technologies — the series convenes decision-makers and thought leaders to examine emerging trends in tokenization, structured instruments, and digital asset infrastructure.
The Abu Dhabi edition will showcase the region’s growing role as a hub for virtual assets and capital markets innovation, bringing together regional and global leaders to share insights and strategies for shaping the next era of financial systems.
The Symposium also offers institutional investors an opportunity to gain firsthand access to the DeFi Technologies ecosystem, including insights into the Company’s growth strategy, technology stack, and regulated investment products such as the Valour ETP platform. The event will serve as a gateway for preferred access to innovations across the DeFi Technologies portfolio.
“We are pleased to host the Insights Symposium in Abu Dhabi, the financial center of the UAE and a leader in virtual asset innovation,” said Andrew Forson, President of DeFi Technologies and Chief Growth Officer of Valour. “Our mission is to build bridges between traditional capital markets and the digital asset economy. Through conversations with institutional investors, regulators, and innovators, we aim to shape the future of finance with the MENA region at the forefront of these advancements.”
While the inaugural edition launches in Frankfurt on September 25, the Symposium series will continue across strategic global hubs, with planned sessions in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, São Paulo, London, New York, and Zurich. Each edition adapts to regional market dynamics while maintaining a unified global focus: enabling efficient, secure, and compliant capital market access within a scalable digital asset ecosystem.
Insightful Agenda Topics
The Abu Dhabi Symposium will feature a mix of keynotes, private roundtables, and strategic panels focused on:
• The role and importance of ETPs in the MENA region
• Capital market-friendly pathways for institutional access to digital assets within the MENA region
• Considerations in liquidity provision and structured instrument design in the sovereign context
• The impact of AI on financial markets and structured instrument design
• The growing importance of Quantum, AI, and similar frontier technologies on decentralized finance and modern capital markets
Each edition will produce a co-branded research journal, edited by Reflexivity Research, summarizing the key insights, strategies, and innovations explored during the event.
DeFi Technologies recently expanded its operations across the GCC and MENA region through the registration of DEFI DMCC (Certification No. DMCC199558), with offices in Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai. Through its subsidiary Valour, the Company has also launched a trading desk at the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) to provide regulated access to digital asset products for institutional clients in the region.
