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HQMENA announces Blockchain Expo Dubai 2023, the premier Blockchain event in the middle east
7.6.2023
HQMENA, a leading events management company, is proud to announce the upcoming Blockchain Expo Dubai 2023. Set to take place on September 20-21, this highly anticipated event will bring together global experts, innovators, and top leaders in the blockchain industry to explore the latest...
UAE’s Clear Rules and Openness to ‘Experimentation’ Key to Attracting Crypto Firms, Says Ben Caselin of Maskex
26.5.2023
Players in the crypto space are attracted to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because the region not only has clear rules but is also “open to experimentation,” Ben Caselin, the Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at the crypto exchange Maskex, has said. Caselin also said...
Num Finance Raises $1.5M, Will Expand Stablecoins in Latin America, Middle East
23.5.2023
Decentralized finance protocol Num Finance will offer stablecoins in Brazilian real, Colombian peso, Mexican peso and Bahrain dinar within the next month and develop tokenized money market funds
Reef Labs Is Launching a $10M Accelerator Program to Empower Web3 Projects in the Middle East
15.5.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Reef is thrilled to announce the launch of a $10 Million Accelerator Program for Web3 projects building on the Reef Chain, which are based out of the Middle East. The program, managed by Reef Labs, aims to support, incubate, and invest in promising Middle East-based Web3 developers...
Large Immersion Cooled Crypto Mining Farms to Extract Bitcoin in Middle East Desert
12.5.2023
A project to build two large-scale facilities for cryptocurrency mining is underway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The high-tech data centers will rely on a full immersion solution to cool the power-hungry miners as the desert climate renders air-cooled mining infeasible, participants said....
Marathon Digital announces immersion crypto mining operations in Abu Dhabi
9.5.2023
The mining firm expects the two facilities to be online by 2024 and produce a combined hash rate of roughly 7 EH/s
Marathon Teams Up With Abu Dhabi's Zero Two for Middle East's First Large-Scale Liquid Cooled Bitcoin Mining
9.5.2023
The U.S.-based miner is teaming with Zero Two, a digital assets infrastructure development company focused on supporting the power grid of Abu Dhabi
Coinbase execs visit UAE to test potential of 'strategic hub' for international operations
8.5.2023
“I think the U.S. right now is a little bit behind in terms of regulatory clarity and some of the rhetoric from the top," said Brian Armstrong at the Dubai Fintech Summit
Growing Links Between Middle East, Russia, China Pose Huge Challenge for US, Warns Former Treasury Secretary
17.4.2023
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has expressed concerns that a rising number of countries, including China, Russia, and the Middle East, are aligning themselves and gaining global influence. “I think [it] is a huge challenge for the United States,” he cautioned. Larry Summers on Countries...
Islam and crypto: How digital assets can comply with Islamic financial law
6.4.2023
A look at cryptocurrency’s role in the world of Islamic banking and finance
This Horror Time Loop Game Stole PAX (And You Can Play It Right Now)
27.3.2023
At PAX East 2023, there was one game I couldn’t walk the show floor without hearing about, and after playing one route of Black Tabby Games’ Slay The Princess, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, either. The demo that other attendees and I played is available on Steam, and it illustrates...
Vietnam: Can it become the Fintech Mecca of the east?
21.3.2023
Hanoi, March 20, 2023: Vietnam’s fintech has reached new heights, and the newly introduced regulatory sandbox is further fueling its growth. The country’s fintech market is forecasted to reach a staggering $18 billion mark by 2024. Also, the approval for the National Digital Transformation...
IMF examines CBDC design in context of Islamic banking, finds some risks magnified
20.3.2023
A central bank digital currency’s liquidity and foreign exchange would work differently Islamic law from what might be expected
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange’s crypto trading proposal a ‘closed-loop system’
8.3.2023
Israeli crypto users will soon have a new means of regulated crypto trading, but the local ecosystem is not convinced that this is what the crypto industry needs
UK Financial Regulator Expands Enforcement Against Crypto ATMs to East London
8.3.2023
The FCA began enforcing its proclamation that crypto ATMs are illegal last month, inspecting sites in the northern city of Leeds
Crypto Seen as Investment Opportunity in the MENA Region Says Iceberg Capital Executive Chairman
7.3.2023
While interest in digital assets has waned in some parts of the world, in the Middle East and Northern Africa adoption of crypto has been skyrocketing according to Mustafa Kheriba, the executive chairman of the asset management firm Iceberg Capital Limited. According to Kheriba, factors such...
Today in Crypto: Xapo Bank Partners with Lightspark & Integrates Lightning Network, Ethereum Shanghai Fork Pushed Back, Casper Labs’ Long-term Partnership with SkyBridge & Al Maskari Holding
3.3.2023
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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Continues to Look East for Strength
3.3.2023
A busy economic week in China with plenty of data releases scheduled might be what it takes to get bitcoin out of its slump
All About Middle East ProcureTech Summit & Awards 2023
1.3.2023
“Procurement is no longer just a transactional function; we are now bringing value to organizations,” Said Tatjana Ozgoren, Director, Digital Strategy & Transformation – Sourcing & Procurement from Pepsico at the inaugural edition of the Middle East ProcureTech Summit & Awards 2023....
The Future of Crypto Markets Will Be Driven by Developments in the East
28.2.2023
Crypto investors need to keep an eye on geopolitical shifts playing out on the regulatory landscape, specifically some upcoming changes in Asia