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...
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...
Central Bank of Iran’s Shaparak announced on Wednesday all websites and payment processing application should ban all trade, selling and buying of all cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin with immediate effect. This news was published after National Virtual Space Center announcement that cryptocurrency trading firms are illegal and have no valid...
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...
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....
Despite having misconceptions in the MENA region on crypto coins over regulatory issues and having concerted efforts to stutter the growth of crypto, the new currency continues to gain more and more acceptance as days go by in the MENA trading.
The leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin traded higher this week rising...
The UAE minister of economy said at a panel for the World Economic Forum’s Global Technology Governance Summit that utilizing cryptocurrency along with asset tokenization will be the key to double up the country’s economy. The future economy of the country in 10 years is estimated to be 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...
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...
Abu Dhabi, UAE – The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) is set to make history with the listing of the Middle East and North Africa's (MENA) first distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based digitally native bond. This landmark move follows the commencement of the pricing stage for the instrument, issued by...
