MENA

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

Regulations

VARA Dubai’s IOSCO Membership a move into tokenized securities

Dubai’s virtual asset regulator, VARA, is moving closer to the global securities’ regulatory conversation, raising questions about whether it may...

August 27, 2026

BlockChain

UAE based REMI to build confidential Blockchain for payments

UAE-based fintech REMI has secured funding from the Stellar Community Fund to develop its own confidential blockchain settlement layer for...

August 26, 2026

Tokenization

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

Tribe , a UAE regulated real estate tokenization platform has now graduated from Qatar Fintech Hub accelerator run by the...

August 26, 2026

Crypto

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

Crypto

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

Crypto

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

Crypto

Bitcoin.com supports UAE regulated USDU dollar stablecoin

Bitcoin.com has announced that it will be supporting USDU stablecoin which is regulated out of ADGM in Abu Dhabi UAE....

August 19, 2026

Confirmo seeks to expand into the Middle East as it hires Mariam Kiwan

Crypto

Confirmo seeks to expand into the Middle East as it hires Miriam Kiwan

Confirmo, an Irish regulated stablecoin payments company authorized under MiCA, as a crypto asset service provider has hired Miriam Kiwan,...

August 18, 2026

Crypto

Arbeat, UAE homegrown crypto exchange receives full license from VARA

After receiving its in principle license approval in April of this year, UAE born Arbeat, crypto exchange services catered to...

August 18, 2026

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

UAE and Morocco Central Banks sign MoUs on CBDC, payments and crypto regulations

Crypto.com and ZagTrader Deepen Institutional Crypto Access Across MENA

Ant International is HSBC’s first client for tokenized deposit transactions

Payward and Bahrain based Singapore Gulf Bank offer instant crypto to fiat settlement

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

VARA Dubai’s IOSCO Membership a move into tokenized securities

UAE based REMI to build confidential Blockchain for payments

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

Zand to support USDC Zand Dirham transactions in UAE

RAKbank Islamic now offers Bitcoin trading through BitPanda

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

Bitcoin.com supports UAE regulated USDU dollar stablecoin

Confirmo seeks to expand into the Middle East as it hires Miriam Kiwan

Arbeat, UAE homegrown crypto exchange receives full license from VARA

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

Saudi Arabia steps out of Mbridge digital currency project

Abu Dhabi DSKZ $50 million Food manufacturing entity to use AI and Blockchain

Central Bank of UAE and Vermeg chose MACH DLT for tokenized security depository

UAE takes second place in crypto adoption index, but its Turkey and Bahrain that make strides

UAE based Zamanat launches $100 million tokenized private credit fund