U.A.E India’s CoinDCX acquires BitOasis in MENA expansion bid India-based crypto exchange company CoinDCX has acquired the UAE-based virtual assets trading platform BitOasis, for an undisclosed... News • 03 July, 2024 BitOasis CoinDCX cryptocurrency
Global SC Ventures, SBI Holdings launch digital asset investment firm in UAE SC Ventures, the investment arm of Standard Chartered, has partnered with Japan-based SBI Holdings, to establish a digital assets... News • 12 November, 2023 SC Ventures SBI Holdings Digital assets
Regional Middle East investors embrace crypto the traditional way Matthew Clapp is the head of business development and asset management at EQONEX a Nasdaq-listed digital assets financial services... Thought Leadership • 01 November, 2022 cryptocurrency
Global What is yield farming in DeFi? Charlie Martin is the head of operations at Gro, a decentralised finance platform based in the UK. Prior to Gro, he started his career in... Thought Leadership • 14 July, 2022 DeFi cryptocurrency
Global Will the crypto crash derail the next web revolution? Richard Waters and Hannah Murphy in San Francisco and Scott Chipolina in London Ethan Buchman, co-founder of blockchain network Cosmos,... Financial Times • 12 July, 2022 cryptocurrency Blockchain Web 3.0
Global The week that shook crypto Scott Chipolina and Katie Martin In January, Mike Novogratz — hedge fund rock star turned crypto heavy hitter —... Financial Times • 15 May, 2022 cryptocurrency Bitcoin
Regional This is the year cryptocurrency will come of age in the Middle East Areije Al Shakar is the senior vice president at Bahrain Development Bank & director at Al Waha Venture Capital Fund of Funds Banks... Thought Leadership • 17 March, 2022 crypto cryptocurrency Al Waha Fund of Funds
Bahrain Rain raises $110 million in Series B funding co-led by Paradigm and Kleiner Perkins Bahrain-based cryptocurrency exchange Rain, has raised $110 million in its Series B funding round co-led by Paradigm and Kleiner Perkins... News • 18 January, 2022 cryptocurrency rain
U.A.E Cryptocurrency trading platform HAYVN closes Series A round Abu Dhabi-based digital currency trading platform HAYVN has closed its Series A funding round for an undisclosed amount, led by Red Acre... News • 21 November, 2021 HAYVN cryptocurrency
Bahrain Bahrain’s CoinMena secures $9.5 million Seed round Bahrain-based crypto exchange CoinMena has raised $9.5 million in its first Seed funding round, from Beco Capital, Kenetic, Arab Bank... News • 10 November, 2021 CoinMena cryptocurrency
U.A.E Morningstar Ventures invests $15 million in blockchain technology in Dubai UAE-based accelerator Morningstar Ventures has announced a $15 million investment into Elrond related initiatives to provide strategic... News • 13 October, 2021 Morningstar Ventures Elrond cryptocurrency
Bahrain Rain secures $6 million Series A Bahrain-based cryptocurrency exchange Rain has raised $6 million in its Series A round of funding. The round was led by Middle East Venture... News • 17 January, 2021 crypto cryptocurrency
Global Why are governments hoarding Bitcoins? Khurram Shroff is the chairman of UAE-based private equity firm IBC Group which has invested in over 4000 different Blockchain products.... Thought Leadership • 05 January, 2021 cryptocurrency Bitcoin
U.A.E SCA approves crypto assets regulation Source: Unlock The UAE SCA ,(Securities and Commodities Authority) during its recent Board of Directors virtual meeting headed by H.E.... News • 26 October, 2020 cryptocurrency SCA
Global Emirex Exchange raises investment from Alpha Sigma UAE-based Emirex Exchange has raised an undisclosed amount from US-based blockchain and crypto fund Alpha Sigma Capital (ASC). Founded... Wamda • 04 October, 2020 cryptocurrency Blockchain Alpha Sigma
U.A.E O1ex invests in India's Cashaa Source: Economic Times Crypto banking services platform Cashaa said it has raised $5 million from Dubai based O1ex, a blockchain... News • 02 September, 2020 cryptocurrency
Saudi Arabia The benefits of the Saudi-UAE joint initiatives In January, the UAE and Saudi Arabia announced the launch of seven strategic initiatives to further integrate the countries’ two... Matt Smith • 11 February, 2019 Saudi Arabia uae government cryptocurrency
Regional In conversation with Ola Doudin of the UAE's BitOasis Ola Doudin co-founded BitOasis, the Middle East’s first cryptocurrency exchange back in 2015. Its platform enables users to buy and... Wamda • 02 January, 2019 cryptocurrency Blockchain Bit Oasis
U.A.E Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange to create infrastructure for cryptocurrency assets Source: Bitcoin.com The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange has released a paper aimed at creating the infrastructure necessary to accommodate... News • 07 November, 2018 abu dhabi Fintech cryptocurrency
Regional Deciphering the fintech boom in the Mid East Financial Technology (fintech) is a vast and all-encompassing term that evokes hope, cynicism and plenty of confusion. From Bitcoins to... Triska Hamid • 29 October, 2018 Fintech Blockchain cryptocurrency
Global TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington on cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and tech in the MENA [Podcast] Since 2005, TechCrunch, founded by Michael Arrington, has been a primary source for global tech and innovation news, trends, and... Staff writer • 13 February, 2018 techcrunch Michael Arrington ICO
Global The paradigm shift cryptocurrencies brought us [Opinion] It is an uncontested fact that capitalism, from its most unbridled to its shiest versions, is the organizing force of our international... Fares Ghandour • 07 January, 2018 cryptocurrency
U.A.E Team of payments veterans launch a cryptocurrency startup based on Ethereum A team of payments veterans announced today the launch of a new cryptocurrency startup based on Ethereum: Verify, planning and ICO in... Maya Rahal • 08 November, 2017 Payfort Verify Bitcoin
Global Genesis of a cryptoeconomy [Opinion] This article does not cover any of the technical aspects of the blockchain or cryptocurrencies. The objective of this introductory article... Fares Ghandour • 25 September, 2017 Bitcoin Blockchain cryptocurrency