Middle East News

Regional policy, exchange hubs, tokenization, and sovereign initiatives across the Middle East.

Stories 44 in this category

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Basket of Bitcoin-themed eggs on a rainy city sidewalk outside a closed financial building, reflecting markets paused for the weekend ahead of a key jobs report

Macro

Bitcoin is the financial Easter Bunny this weekend as markets close Friday amid critical jobs report

Bitcoin acts as the only live market as key economic data lands during Easter shutdown while war stress continues.

3 days ago

Partnerships

Ripple deploys its first on-demand liquidity tool in the Middle East

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is home to the world’s top remittance corridors.

4 years ago

Mining

30 Bitcoin miners receive licenses in Iran amidst BTC hashrate drop

Miners in Iran are being awarded licenses to jack up operations as the network’s ‘hashrate’ sees a hit.

5 years ago

Technology

Bank of Israel uses Ethereum blockchain for upcoming ‘digital shekels’

The Bank of Israel has built the pilot scheme of its digital shekel on the Ethereum blockchain.

5 years ago

Merge

Second-largest ETH2 staking pool sues Fireblocks after $75 million Ethereum blunder

Fireblocks faces lawsuit over key management incident, resulting in $75 million loss.

5 years ago

Adoption

Ripple helps establish payments corridor between Egypt and UAE

Decentralized payments network RippleNet will be used to connect the National Bank of Egypt and UAE-based financial services provider LuLu International Exchange.

5 years ago

Adoption

Young Arabs are more ‘bullish’ on crypto investments than Westerners

UAE investors were more upbeat on the future of the broader crypto market than Western expats, a survey found.

5 years ago

Payments

Nuvei to acquire crypto payments processor Simplex for $250 million

The acquisition would allow Canadian payments company Nuvei to issue crypto banking accounts and Visa cards.

5 years ago

Regulation

Turkey considers crypto regulation following the collapse of two exchanges

Two alleged "exit scams" in just one week prompted the Turkish government to address the issues of crypto regulation.

5 years ago

62 detained in Turkey a day after alleged $2 billion crypto ‘exit scam’

Legal 5 years ago

A $1.45 billion Bitcoin fund is soon listing on NASDAQ Dubai

Trading 5 years ago

Bitcoin Google searches spike 5x in Turkey, while the Lira falls 15%

Adoption 5 years ago

Social trading platform eToro to go public via $10 billion SPAC IPO

Exchanges 5 years ago

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Middle East News

Bitcoin is the financial Easter Bunny this weekend as markets close Friday amid critical jobs report

Ripple deploys its first on-demand liquidity tool in the Middle East

30 Bitcoin miners receive licenses in Iran amidst BTC hashrate drop

Bank of Israel uses Ethereum blockchain for upcoming ‘digital shekels’

Second-largest ETH2 staking pool sues Fireblocks after $75 million Ethereum blunder

Ripple helps establish payments corridor between Egypt and UAE

Young Arabs are more ‘bullish’ on crypto investments than Westerners

Nuvei to acquire crypto payments processor Simplex for $250 million

Turkey considers crypto regulation following the collapse of two exchanges

62 detained in Turkey a day after alleged $2 billion crypto ‘exit scam’

A $1.45 billion Bitcoin fund is soon listing on NASDAQ Dubai

Bitcoin Google searches spike 5x in Turkey, while the Lira falls 15%

Social trading platform eToro to go public via $10 billion SPAC IPO