Although not many blockchain or DeFi projects have arisen from Saudi Arabia, the country has been partnering with many industry players and is working hard to develop homegrown trials in integrating the technology into their economy.
Saudi Arabia CBDC
The central bank of Saudi Arabia has launch the country's first digital...
The recent high-profile partnership between the Dubai Department of Finance (DOF) and cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, touted as a significant leap towards Dubai's "Cashless Strategy," is raising eyebrows among financial experts and consumer advocates. While Dubai champions itself as a global hub for financial innovation, the decision to entrust a...
Metaverse can be defined as a collective virtual shared space created by converging multiple virtual reality environments, augmented reality overlays, the internet, and other digital platforms. It is a persistent, immersive, and interactive virtual world where you can socialize, work, play, and create. Essentially, the metaverse is a digital...
Iran announced yesterday it would ban all cryptocurrency mining for a period of 4 months to bring order in a fragile electric grid during peaks of summer heat causing hours of blackouts all over the country. This ban will be in effect until 22 September 2021.
2GW of electricity was...
As of now, the crypto trading adoption in the Middle East is higher than it has ever been before and that’s not all. And right now, the regulatory system is in its process to support crypto-related financial services and it’s growing day by day.
Very recently, the UAE’s Securities and...
There are a continuous barrage of DeFi projects sprouting from UAE. We have selected 5 which we think are of interest.
ZPAYae
ZPAYae, which is leading the way in DeFi. The platform is decentralized and simpler to store, exchange, or use assets such as cryptocurrencies. ZPAYae enables you to pass AED...
Sina Estavi, CEO of Bridge Oracle (BRG token), owner of Cryptoland, one of Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange platforms, and admin of hundreds of Telegram and Instagram pages the most popular Best of Persian with over 2 million followers was reportedly arrested on 17th May for crimes of economic corruption...
Iran Blockchain association has published a list of Iranian blockchain, DeFi and crypto warning, ponzi, scam list for all users to be vary of, moments later they have received a court order in Iran regarding their published list and halting their association activity until further notice.
In a Clubhouse room...
Introduction
The concept of blockchains was combined with other technologies to create modern cryptocurrency by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. This technology gained widespread awareness and acceptance with the launch of Bitcoin in the year 2009. Blockchains are the foundation of cryptocurrencies and a simplified payment verification process. It’s expected blockchain technology will mature...
The KSA based blockchain startup IR4LAB has managed to raise about $1.5M in an investment fund round. The round was led by Wa’ed which is the entrepreneurship arm of Aramco. IR4LAB was founded back in 2017 and they’ve been offering access to corporations to root out resumes and professional...
