On January 29, Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of the UAE, marked a momentous occasion by conducting the first-ever cross-border payment using the UAE Central Bank’s digital currency, the ‘Digital Dirham.’ The transaction, amounting to Dh50 million, was executed through the innovative ‘mBridge‘ platform, connecting the...Read More
SC Ventures, the investment division of Standard Chartered Bank, and SBI Holdings, the Japanese financial conglomerate, have joined forces to establish a $100 million cryptocurrency initiative in the United Arab Emirates. The new vehicle, dubbed Digital Asset Joint Venture, will focus on companies involved in market infrastructure, risk and compliance, decentralized finance (DeFi), and tokenization....Read More
Bahrain-headquartered crypto exchange Rain announced receiving the first Financial Services Permission (FSP) from Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority to operate a virtual assets brokerage and custody service. The license would enable Rain to offer institutional and retail clients in the UAE the ability to buy, sell and store digital assets. The brokerage...Read More
America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is considering the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a potential strategic hub for its international operations. In a Monday blog post, Coinbase’s vice president for international and business development Nana Murugesan disclosed that the exchange is currently in talks with Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) regulators to expand the licensing...Read More
Crypto exchange Deribit is planning to move its main headquarters to Dubai as soon as the third quarter of this year. The Bloomberg report suggests that the new office will be staffed by a team of 10 people comprising both domestic hires alongside the exchange’s core employees. Roles in management, compliance, and support will be...Read More
Douglas-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinCorner has partnered with Seed Group, a company of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, to facilitate Bitcoin transactions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Under the agreement, Seed Group will aid in the expansion of CoinCorner’s operations across the emiratesand the wider Middle East as well as...Read More
UAE-based LuLu Exchange is in the news after it announced its partnership with Ripple and India’s Federal Bank to facilitate faster cross-border payments from UAE to India. We are proud to announce our partnership with Ripple and Federal Bank to enhance real-time payments from UAE to India that are faster and more affordable than ever...Read More
Khurram Shroff, Chairman of IBC, or International Blockchain Consulting Group, believed that cryptocurrencies could replace bullion in the future. Speaking about Wall Street’s “renewed interest” in crypto markets, the Dubai-based executive also believed that Bitcoin’s scarcity “helped maintain buoyancy” in such markets. Shroff said in a report: Decentralized cryptocurrencies are sparking renewed interest on Wall...Read More
According to recent documents, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) believes that the case against the serial Ponzi scammer, Renwick Haddow, has yet to be properly solved. The United States SEC does not appear to be satisfied with the New York Southern District Court judge’s decision regarding the case against Renwick Haddow. Judge...Read More
United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) capital city of Abu Dhabi is preparing to place its land registry on a blockchain-based platform, according to a press release. The Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities, a government-run agency tasked with managing Abu Dhabi’s development strategy, has teamed up with Indian IT company Tech Mahindra for the project. The...Read More
Noted cryptocurrency exchange, Bitbns, is in the news after it announced yesterday that traders in the UAE would be able to buy and sell on the platform using AED (United Arab Emirates Dirham). We know you all have been waiting for this moment for so long; so have we. Today, our efforts have come to...Read More
