Ripple, a major blockchain company and issuer of the XRP cryptocurrency, is expanding operations in the Kingdom of Bahrain through a partnership with a local fintech ecosystem builder. Ripple on Thursday announced a strategic partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay (BFB), a major local fintech incubator closely collaborating with government partners, including the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB)….

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has secured a Virtual Asset Platform Operator License from the Securities and Commodities Authority of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), eight months after the regulator granted the company in-principle approval. In a Thursday notice, Bybit said approval from the UAE financial regulator would allow the exchange to offer its global products and services to…

MANTRA, a layer-1 network designed for compliant real-world assets (RWAs), has announced that its flagship event, Agentic., will take place on Oct. 21-22 in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi has become the Gulf’s proving ground for compliant digital-asset innovation. The emirate is drawing asset managers, market-infrastructure firms and builders seeking a jurisdiction that blends prudential oversight…