UAE Maqam International and Alpha Ladder to jointly build RWA tokenization in MENA
UAE Maqam International Holding, an Abu Dhabi-based company, and Alpha Ladder Group (“Alpha Ladder”), a Singapore-headquartered Digital Green Group driving sustainable financial and technology innovation through subsidiaries including MetaComp and Alpha Ladder Finance, have established a joint venture, domiciles in ADGM, focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and digital payments across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The joint venture intends to apply for a licence with the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) and launch initial operations in 2026
As per the press release, the Joint venture is connecting MENA’s real world asset base to global capital markets through regulated blockchain infrastructure and payment network.
The announcement follows MetaComp’s close of its Pre-A funding round at $35 million in total raised, backed by Alibaba, another internet conglomerate, Eastern Bell, Noah, Sky9, and a fund affiliated with Asia’s largest logistics infrastructure company. Having achieved profitability in 2025 and with $100 million in instantaneous liquidity on its platform, MetaComp enters this partnership as an operationally proven Web2.5 Pay + Wealth business model, institutionally backed payment infrastructure provider, capitalized and ready to deploy across priority corridors, including MENA.
Maqam International Holding is built on a multi-decade legacy as an operator and developer of landmark real assets, such as Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi, across the Middle East and is seeking to enhance its cross border payment and settlement gap.
The MENA digital payments market was valued at $248 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $420 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual rate of approximately 11%. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) RWA tokenization represents a nearly $500 billion opportunity by 2030, as global on-chain real-world assets surpassed $24 billion by mid-2025.
According to the Chairman of Maqam International Holding, whose name was not revealed in the press release, their partnership with Alpha Ladder Group is a reflection of UAE’s conviction towards becoming a financial hub. Maqam will bring its assets, while Alpha Ladder will bring in technology, compliance framework, and operational capability.
Dr Bo Bai, Group Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Alpha Ladder Group, added, “Alpha Ladderis deploying with Maqam a compliant infrastructure that connects Abu Dhabi’s real asset base to global capital markets, at the standard both parties have built their reputations on. Our commitment to the UAE is firm and while the region faces real pressures, we are deepening our presence here because we believe in the UAE’s institutional resilience and in the strength of what we are building together.”
MetaComp’s StableX Network addresses the slow, costly and fragmented nature of cross border payments between MENA and Asia. It offers direct routing payments across its partner network of traditional bank rails and stablecoin rails simultaneously.
The StableX Engine handles real-time settlement at a fraction of conventional cost, while the VisionX Engine screens every transaction for compliance as it moves — across both fiat and on-chain activity — ensuring regulatory integrity without sacrificing speed.
While, Alpha Ladder Finance’s patented Non-Fungible Digital Twin (NFDT) technology changes this by creating a live, blockchain-anchored digital record of each asset, reflecting its actual condition, performance, and ownership in real time. The result is a more transparent and auditable framework for asset fractionalization and participation designed to support compliant structures.
