Tag: Dubai

Top crypto news from the Middle East region over the last week (Oct. 29 – Nov. 4, 2022): Visa announces World Cup NFT auction In partnership with the exchange giant Crypto.com, payments giant Visa has launched a new NFT initiative dubbed “Visa Masters of Movement” to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. The…

Top crypto news from the Middle East region over the last week (Oct. 22–28, 2022): BitOasis with Mastercard rolls out crypto-linked cards in the MENA region Сrypto platform BitOasis and Mastercard have partnered to launch a series of crypto card programs in the MENA region to enable the use of cryptocurrencies at points of sale…

Top crypto news from the Middle East region over the last week (Oct. 15–21, 2022): GITEX Global was held at the DWTC, UAE GITEX GLOBAL (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) is one of the biggest and a highly influential technology conferences happening since 1981. GITEX 2022 was a five-day event (October 10th-14th) at the Dubai World…

The DMCC boss is indebted to ‘his father and idol, the Dubai Ruler, for taking a chance with him’ in 2001, when he was 23 years old – a story by Joydeep Sengupta on Khaleej Times. Ahmed bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), is a…

Top crypto news from the Middle East region over the last week (Oct. 8–14, 2022): DMCC Crypto Centre to get access to $150 million Brinc’s fund Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has partnered with the global VC firm Brinc to provide DMCC Crypto Centre members with access to Brinc’s $150 million accelerator fund. Brinc is…

21Shares announced its physically-backed Bitcoin ETP in the Middle East, with the listing of 21Shares Bitcoin ETP on Nasdaq Dubai. The firm said this is 21Shares’ first entry into the Middle East – one of the world’s fastest-growing crypto markets and a key region on 21Shares’ global roadmap. Listed on Nasdaq Dubai, the 21Shares Bitcoin…