“Crypto-Artist” in UAE: The first one to sell her work as NFT

    We speak to a Dubai-based digital artist and graphic designer, Gigi Gorlova, who recently sold her 3D artwork as NFTs, becoming one of the first digital designers in the UAE to become a crypto-verified artist. A graphic designer by profession, Gigi has over 12 years of experience, making digital graphics for a wealth of organizations…

    Announcement about creation of a New Australian Sharia-Driven DeFi Platform for Islamic Finance

    A team based out of Sydney, Australia is building what it claims is the world’s first “Shariah-guided” decentralized finance platform to navigate a course between the advantages of DeFi and the beliefs of Islamic finance. The Marhaba Decentralized Financial Platform — Marhaba translates to “welcome” in Arabic — is expected to launch in the coming…

    Musk’s tweets: DOGE’s rise and bitcoin’s slump

    The influence of Elon Mask’s tweets on cryptocurrency, why mining Bitcoin is dangerous for the environment and what is happening with DOGE Bitcoin was pinned near its lowest in more than two months on Friday and headed for its worst week since February, while dogecoin leapt by a fifth as tweets from Tesla boss Elon…

    Crypto-Business: Dina Sam’an Founder of CoinMENA

    Dina Saman tells about CoinMENA’s concept, cryptocurrency trading, expansion plans, gives an overview of operations and tells how she got involved with crypto. CoinMENA is a fully-regulated, onshore, and Sharia-compliant crypto assets exchange What is the concept behind Coinmena? Within the Middle East and North Africa, there is a growing appetite from both retail and…

    $ 1.45 Billion Bitcoin Fund Soon on NASDAQ Dubai

    3IQ’s rapidly-growing Bitcoin Fund turns its sights to the Middle East. 3IQ Corp, the company behind a $1.45 billion Bitcoin Fund listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), is gearing up to list it on Nasdaq Dubai, local outlet The National reported today. “We’re aiming for listing in the second or third week of May…

    Middle eastern music studio 3F acquires iconic memes for nearly $1m

    3F Music studio recently bought non-fungible tokens (NFT) versions of iconic Internet memes for nearly  $1m 3F Music studio in Dubai has been making headlines for its digital collectibles shopping spree, with the recent purchase of four iconic Internet memes for about $993,000. The music studio recently bought the non-fungible tokens (NFT) versions of the…