Dubai: Will the Middle East’s new crypto oasis go global?
    13 Apr 2022
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    Will Dubai, the Middle East’s new crypto oasis, go global, essays Liam Gibson for Wealth of Geeks. Dubai has big ambitions to become a regional and global destination for cryptocurrency. It is well-positioned as the most populous of the United Arab Emirates’ seven emirates and the region’s undisputed travel and trade hub. Located at the…

    Backing Arab NFTs is more than a token gesture
    12 Apr 2022
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    NFTs have taken the internet by storm over the last five years, generating countless column inches and eye-watering levels of investment. This is a sector ripe with opportunity, but, as with any investment, it pays to do your homework, says Nasreen Faqihi, Chief Executive of NFT platform Crypto Camels Club. If you spend even a…

    Bitcoin could top $1.3 million after sanctions on Russia, VanEck says
    07 Apr 2022
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    An analytic report from American investment firm VanEck says Bitcoin appears to have a much higher upside potential than gold. If each of the assets becomes the only reserve asset globally, Bitcoin could top $1.3 million, while gold may reach a price of $31,000 per ounce, respectively. However, these extreme cases have a more likely…

    This year cryptocurrency will come of age in the Middle East
    06 Apr 2022
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    Areije Al Shakar, the senior vice president at Bahrain Development Bank & director at Al Waha Venture Capital Fund of Funds, revealed her thoughts on Wamda. Banks and financial regulators in the Middle East have been slower to embrace cryptocurrency than Europe and the US. Before the pandemic, the Middle East’s crypto market was still…

    Global crypto study: One-third of Emiratis own cryptocurrency
    06 Apr 2022
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    According to the new Gemini study, one-third of Emiratis and Israelis own crypto. Meanwhile, globally crypto ownership is the highest in Brazil and Indonesia. Also, nearly 40% of global respondents first bought cryptocurrency last year. New York-based crypto exchange Gemini published the “Global state of crypto” report following what it said was a pivotal year…

    How effective is Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation?
    04 Apr 2022
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    How effective is Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation? Dilip Kumar Patairya on Cointelegraph studied what inflation is and how useful Bitcoin and the other means are to deflate it. Why do you need a hedge against inflation? How effective is Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation? Let us first understand what inflation is and…