A new ~$2.7 billion partnership between Donald Trump's media empire, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), and cryptocurrency giant Crypto.com, spearheaded by its controversial CEO Kris Marszalek, is igniting a firestorm of criticism from financial watchdogs. Concerns are mounting over Marszalek's checkered business history and the potential for serious...
Getting on board with the trends, Dubai's private entities have dispatched their own digital currency called DubaiCoin (DBIX). In view of a public blockchain, the crypto is exchanging on a select number of trades. Public blockchain will permit individuals to create their own DubaiCoin by mining them. The cost...
BitOasis, the popular Dubai-based crypto exchange platform has managed to raise about $30M in a Series B funding round. The funding round was co-led by the Middle East region’s leading startup ecosystem enabler Wamda and US-based VC Jump Capital. The funding round was also joined by several new investors....
The cryptocurrency market is buzzing after the unexpected announcement that the upcoming Truth Social ETF will allocate a surprising 5% of its holdings to Crypto.com's CRO token, dwarfing its 2% allocation to XRP. This bold move comes with a direct endorsement from Donald Trump, who reportedly stated, "I like...
The Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC), the world's lead-Free Zone and Government of Dubai's clout on product exchange and undertaking reported the dispatch of the DMCC Crypto Center. The middle ground of this is a far-reaching environment for organizations working in the cryptographic and blockchain areas. Situated in the...
The DIFC aka the DUBAI International Finance Centre has managed to launch a series of events dedicated to Blockchain, hosting events throughout the week and it will be running till September 16th. This dedicated blockchain week from DIFC is the first of a series of themed weeks which is...
Sina Estavi, the Iranian CEO of BRG token and cryptoland exchange was arrested today by the Iranian authorities, branded as scam ponzi scheme by the countries semi official news agency Mehr News. Despite main stream media's insistence Sina Estavi is a Malaysian businessman, he is indeed Iranian born and...
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...
The United Arab Emirates is quickly becoming one of the global leaders in cryptocurrency adoption. While most of the world’s governments either completely ignore Bitcoin and other digital assets or even are hostile towards the development of blockchain-based technological solutions, the UAE crypto market has been blooming for the...
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...
