Middle East news

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

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Turkey wants crypto scammer jailed for life

The founder and CEO of Thodex exchange has been on the run since last year after his firm was discovered to have perpetrated a fraud.

4 years ago

Adoption

Exchanges in the Emirates: Crypto.com and Bybit to set up shop in Dubai

Crypto.com and Bybit have become the latest crypto firms to secure approval for full scale operations in the UAE.

4 years ago

Metaverse

Turkey goes all-in on the metaverse, but is the public ready?

At Turkey's Forum Metaverse, President Erdoğan and the Minister of Education announced the plan to implement the metaverse into the education system.

4 years ago

Adoption

Top Israel bank to start offering crypto trading services

Bank Leumi’s customers would be able to use Pepper Invest to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum.

4 years ago

Regulation

FTX Europe becomes the first crypto exchange licensed under Dubai’s regulatory framework

FTX Europe became the first approved virtual asset exchange to offer complex crypto derivatives dedicated to professional institutional investors within the highly regarded international jurisdiction.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Binance seeks to open shop in Dubai, strengthening its foothold in the Middle East

Crypto exchange Binance is in discussions with Dubai World Trade Centre free zone for a virtual asset service provider license to operate in Dubai. A favorable ruling would further bolster its presence in the Middle East.

4 years ago

Investments

Roll-up developers StarkWare to raise $100M at a $6B valuation

The Israeli company behind StarkWare, developers of Ethereum ZK-rollup technology, is finishing a funding round of at least $100 million, at a $6 billion valuation.

4 years ago

Regulation

Dubai establishes watchdog to regulate virtual assets under first crypto law

The Emirate announced the enactment of The Dubai Virtual Asset Regulation Law, under which it will establish a new regulatory authority to oversee the virtual asset industry, which includes crypto and NFTs.

4 years ago

Adoption

Crypto in Turkey: Everything you need to know

Recent falling in the value of Turkish lira made to the global crypto news as a “motivator towards crypto for Turkish residents." However, Turkey got the crypto bug way earlier. An exhilarating growth was seen since then, and this is just the beginning.

4 years ago