Tag: Qatar

Qatar National Bank Group (QNB), one of the Middle East’s largest banks, has adopted JPMorgan’s blockchain platform, Kinexys, to process corporate payments in Qatar, according to a Monday Bloomberg report. The switch marks a departure from the constraints of traditional banking infrastructure, where cross-border payments are limited to weekdays and can take days to complete….

The Hashgraph Association (THA), a nonprofit organization building ecosystems using Hedera Hashgraph’s decentralized ledger technology, announced that it would work with stakeholders in Qatar to explore five digital asset use cases in the next 12 months. The organization said on its official LinkedIn platform that it would look into the tokenization of equities, real estate and sukuk, an…

Top crypto news from the Middle East region over the last week (Dec. 3–9, 2022): Ripple partner and JP Morgan join forces to enhance financial transfers in UAE Al Fardan Exchange, a crypto exchange licensed in the UAE and one of Ripple Labs’ partners, has inked a strategic partnership with global banking giant JP Morgan,…

Coca-Cola has teamed up with Crypto.com to release a collection of 2022 FIFA World Cup NFTs based on heatmaps of the games played. The move is the latest corporate play to try to capitalize on crypto fever amid the World Cup in Qatar. Coca-Cola is releasing a set of 10,000 World Cup NFTs, which are…

Top crypto news from the Middle East region over the last week (Nov. 25 – Dec. 1, 2022): OasisX: The Middle East going through a digital renaissance OasisX, the nascent curated multichain non-fungible token marketplace, aims to drive the adoption of NFTs in the MENA region and embrace Web3 in several ways integrating NFTs, blockchain,…

Prominent brands from the crypto universe are spearheading novel collaborations and partnerships with mainstream brands and organizations to unlock an array of fully immersive and gamified experiences revolving around the largest football event of the year in Qatar. As social beings, the desire to “belong” is deeply ingrained in us. Since time immemorial, humans have…