Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Standard Chartered today announced the expansion of its institutional Bitcoin (BTC/USD) and Ether (ETH/USD) spot trading in the UAE through ‘Standard Chartered DIFC’. This makes Standard Chartered the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to offer the capability in the market and the only global bank currently offering institutional digital asset spot […]
Dubai, UAE: BitOasis, a CoinDCX company and one of the Middle East and North Africa’s pioneering regulated digital asset platforms, has appointed Jonathan Rigg as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding co-founder Ola Doudin, who has led the company since its founding in 2016. The leadership transition marks a new phase for BitOasis as the company looks […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Zand, an AI and blockchain-powered digital bank in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), today announced plans to expand its stablecoin infrastructure capabilities through support for USDC, issued by regulated entities of Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL). The initiative aims to support use cases, including payments, settlement, treasury operations, trading, […]
Dubai, UAE – 24 August 2026: Rakbank today announced that Rakbank Islamic customers can buy, sell and hold Bitcoin through Bitpanda’s regulated virtual asset trading platform directly from the Rakbank mobile app. The new service combines the convenience of banking with the opportunities of virtual assets, allowing customers to access Bitcoin through Rakbank Islamic while […]
Islamabad, Pakistan — August 21, 2026: The Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has notified its Licensing Regulations and opened the licensing portal for service providers (VASPs), completing the regulatory framework for licensing and supervision of the virtual asset sector in Pakistan. Issued under the Virtual Assets Act, 2026, the regulations establish 10 licence categories […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Flowdesk, a global liquidity provider and virtual asset trading technology firm, today announced that its Dubai entity, Flowdesk Omega FZE, has received its full license from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) to conduct Broker-Dealer Services. The full VARA license authorizes Flowdesk Omega FZE to provide regulated broker-dealer services to Qualified […]
Bitget aims to support 50+ promising projects in the next six months with this capital Dubai, August 11, 2026: Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has launched Project Archimedes, a $300 million institutional capital program for quantitative trading firms, asset managers and market makers. With the vision of backing minds that move markets, Project […]
Maritime Asset Tokens developed under the partnership will be available exclusively on ADI Chain Shipfinex brings an initial pipeline of around 35 vessels valued at approximately US$500 million. The partnership addresses a commercial fleet valued at approximately US$2.17 trillion, against total global ship finance of approximately US$680 billion ABU DHABI, UAE – ADI Chain and Shipfinex […]
Tangem cold wallet brings self-custody of ADI Chain ecosystem tokens, including $ADI and DDSC, to one of the UAE’s leading retailers, giving retail buyers a simple path to secure self-custody for digital assets. Abu Dhabi, UAE: ADI Chain and Tangem, the Swiss hardware wallet maker, are launching a co-branded hardware wallet available for purchase at Virgin […]
Switzerland, Zug / UAE, Abu Dhabi: Building on its position as Switzerland’s leading crypto financial services provider, Bitcoin Suisse is further accelerating its international expansion. Bitcoin Suisse Group’s subsidiary, BTCS (Middle East) Ltd. (“BTCS ME”) has received Financial Services Permission (FSP) from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM, the international financial centre of Abu Dhabi, […]