Tag: Middle East

Bitcoin jumps 2.3% after Trump dismisses Iran peace proposal as “totally unacceptable”

Bitcoin briefly slid on Sunday before rebounding sharply above $82,000 after US…

Bank of Korea governor backs CBDCs and deposit tokens in first address

Shin Hyun-song, the newly appointed head of the Bank of Korea, has…

Balaji Srinivasan advocates crypto solutions for refugees as Middle East tensions rise

Balaji Srinivasan, a tech investor and former chief technology officer at Coinbase,…

Bitcoin First, Mass Crypto Later: Inside the UAE’s Multi-Layered Digital Asset Strategy

The United Arab Emirates is not choosing between Bitcoin and the broader…

Mubadala Capital in Abu Dhabi Investigates Tokenized Access to Private Markets

Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Capital has partnered with institutional real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure…

Circle wins Abu Dhabi approval as UAE ramps up its stablecoin and crypto efforts

Stablecoin issuer Circle has received regulatory approval to operate as a financial…

Binance obtains ADGM approvals to launch its international trading platform

Crypto exchange Binance has received three separate licenses from Abu Dhabi’s financial…

UAE’s New Finance Law Brings DeFi and Web3 Under Regulatory Oversight

A recent financial law in the United Arab Emirates is set to…

Major Iranian private bank collapses, leaving 42 million customers in turmoil

One of Iran’s largest private lenders, Ayandeh Bank, has declared bankruptcy, forcing…

Arkham reports UAE holds $700M worth of mined Bitcoin

According to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…