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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

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

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

August 21, 2026

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

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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

Yuno for AI payments raises $45 million with participation of GCC investors

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GCC based Yuno for AI payments raises $45 million

Yuno, AI-native operating system of global payments and financial services, serving the financial infrastructure of enterprise merchants, banks, and wallets,...

August 13, 2026

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Fintech Forward in Bahrain to examine investment opportunities

Fintech Forward, the region's flagship financial services forum, is set to take place in Bahrain on 7-8 October 2026 at...

August 12, 2026

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Emirates NBD Dubai Future District Fund to drive Fintech and AI innovation in UAE

Emirates NBD, a banking group in the Middle East, North Africa, Türkiye and South Asia (MENATSA) region, partnered with Dubai...

August 11, 2026

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Saudi AI IOT startup RIME Raises $2M gathering local data

Saudi AIoT startup RIME has raised more than $2 million in a seed funding round led by SEEDRA Ventures, as...

August 6, 2026

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UAE Phoenix Group narrows loss for Q2 to $10 million

UAE based Phoenix Group PLC (ADX: PHX), an IHC portfolio company and global digital infrastructure operator, shared its financial and...

July 17, 2026

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GCC datacenters to grow by %18.85 by 2031

In a recent Research and Market's report, entitled GCC Data Centre Market, it was noted that the GCC datacenter market...

July 14, 2026

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Siada an IOPn enterprise secures exclusive access to AI Datacenter in UAE

Siada, an IOPn enterprise, and Innovation City, the UAE's premier AI-powered free zone, have secured exclusive access to the UAE's...

July 7, 2026

U.S. based DTCC to acquire Abu Dhabi digital asset infrastructure provider Securrency

Revolut hires global crypto institutional sales out of UAE

AED stablecoin DDSC gets first VARA crypto exchange listing on Fasset

Oman warns against illegal sale of crypto mining equipment

Lunar Ark soon to be crypto broker in UAE

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

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

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

GCC based Yuno for AI payments raises $45 million

Fintech Forward in Bahrain to examine investment opportunities

Emirates NBD Dubai Future District Fund to drive Fintech and AI innovation in UAE

Saudi AI IOT startup RIME Raises $2M gathering local data

UAE Phoenix Group narrows loss for Q2 to $10 million

GCC datacenters to grow by %18.85 by 2031

Siada an IOPn enterprise secures exclusive access to AI Datacenter in UAE

U.S. based DTCC to acquire Abu Dhabi digital asset infrastructure provider Securrency

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

HKDAP stablecoin to be utilized in UAE with Hashkey MENA

UAE’s virtual asset regime becomes benchmark as tokenization drives next licensing wave

After UAE, Tribe real estate investment tokenization platform is now in Qatar

Standard Chartered and HSBC complete first tokenized deposit transaction on Swift