Tag: UAE

Binance Holdings is in talks to obtain a license to operate in Dubai, said Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter. The move comes after Dubai adopts its first law governing virtual assets. As Bloomberg reported Wednesday, the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance is in talks with the Dubai World Trade Centre free zone…

Technological innovations in digital assets, blockchain, and NFTs are expected to transform the real estate assets in the MENA region making them more liquid, digital, and accessible for people who are unable to access them due to high capital costs, complicated transaction processes, and restricted deals. According to GB Invest February 2022 edition, the global…

The crypto community and government authorities continue looking for ways to build a relationship. The UAE is starting to license crypto businesses, and in the US, major crypto exchanges and brokers are cooperating to comply with FATF requirements. Unfortunately, this is a topic we have to bring up over and over again. Regulators continue to…

Decentralized exchanges, one of the largest contributors to DeFi growth, reported more than $1 trillion in trade volume over the last year. Many DeFi projects look towards the Gulf countries as a decentralized finance hub. One of the biggest contributors to the recent exponential growth of the crypto market was the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector,…

Dexorca Exchange, the world’s first hybrid, decentralized exchange, will hold the 1st Arab Blockchain Summit (ABS) on May 28 at Burj Khalifa, Dubai. The event will host the programs such as networking, technology MOUs, and conferences in the related industries that reflect the needs of the Middle East virtual assets market, which has recently grown…

Keith J. Fernandez writes on Gulf News Focus about understanding the risks and rewards of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies have made millionaires of ordinary people. But even as investors flock to digital tokens in record numbers, so too has there been a corresponding rise in crypto scams and thefts. There were 116,139 addresses belonging to declared Bitcoin…