Dubai's real estate consultancy firm Arms and McGregor International Realty has joined forces up with Slovenian-based Blocksquare to assemble the MENA's first tokenization platform, making it ready for exchanging, possessing, and selling property resources through exchanging advanced tokens. Arms and McGregor is yearning about the capability of the platform,...
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 Dubai Land Department (DLD) has launched a real estate tokenization pilot program, becoming the first property registration authority in the Middle East to use blockchain technology for property title deeds.
What is Real Estate Tokenization?
Real estate tokenization involves converting property assets into digital tokens that can be bought, sold,...
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...
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 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...
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...
It's been recently announced in Morocco that cryptocurrencies are restricted. But that didn't stop the soaring of purchases of shared bitcoin exchanging platform LocalBitcoins. Ironically, they are actually announcing record-breaking exchanging highs this year despite the bans on cryptocurrency.
Back in February this year, was the best month for this...
Ripple, a leading blockchain payment provider, has received full regulatory approval from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to offer cross-border crypto payment services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
This approval allows Ripple to operate in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), a key financial hub with independent tax...
Over the past few years, the Middle East has become one of the global hubs of cryptocurrency adoption. Some countries in the Gulf Area have taken a strong stance in promoting the use of digital assets and blockchain innovation. However, not all governments in the region are equally welcoming...
