Tag: UAE

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…

Dubai-based legal advisory firm Karm has partnered with ScaleCompliance, a European crypto compliance specialist that recently expanded into the UAE. Founded in 2018 by Kokila Alagh, Karm specializes in helping clients understand and navigate the legal complexities of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, cybersecurity, robo advisory, and medtech. Partnering with ScaleCompliance, “we can…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is formulating a licensing regime for virtual asset service providers to formalize the crypto economy and become a global industry hub. Meanwhile, various free zones in the country had introduced crypto regulations as early as 2018. According to Bloomberg citing government officials, the UAE is readying to issue federal licenses…