Tag: Adoption

Roland Berger, a global strategy and management consultancy, has partnered with Crypto Oasis to join its efforts to boost the Gulf region’s blockchain and decentralized technologies ecosystem. The news comes two weeks after Crypto Oasis said it has already identified over 1,000 blockchain organizations in the UAE amid the exponential growth of the ecosystem, updating…

According to a survey conducted by Deloitte, over 85% of merchants are giving high or very high priority to enabling cryptocurrency payments. Furthermore, nearly three-quarters of those surveyed reported plans to accept cryptocurrency or stablecoin payments within the next 24 months. Deloitte, one of the Big Four major financial services firms, published on June 8…

Dubai-based Binghatti company Developers announced selling real estate for cryptocurrency, becoming the second developer in the UAE to accept digital payments this year. The company plans to protect its customers from market volatility through an especial payment process. Eng. Muhammad Binghatti, CEO of Binghatti Developers, told Khaleej Times in an interview: “We are going to…

Crypto companies dominated the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, a notable difference compared to the last one in 2020. Industry players welcomed the recent bear market as they said it is a chance to get rid of the bad actors and focus on product developments. As well as, stablecoins and regulation were two…

Al Jalila Foundation, a Dubai-based non-government organization (NGO), has received approval to accept charitable donations in cryptocurrencies, becoming UAE’s first healthcare charity accepting donations in crypto. The NGO is also a member of the recently created the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiative. The foundation has already partnered with a leading crypto platform on…

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), a UAE-based shopping conglomerate, has partnered with crypto exchange and blockchain infrastructure provider Binance, that will provide MAF to harness Web3 technologies to future-proof its business. The deal will allow customers to purchase with crypto at MAF’s businesses. Even with the latest decline in the crypto market, blockchain technology is rapidly…