UAE Hangar50 launches white label coding school with O1Edu
UAE Hangar50, Coding School signs MOU with 01Edu to set up and operate a white-labelled Coding School using the 01Edu pedagogy, a platform for revolutionary teacher less coding schools. The MoU was signed by Ghanim Mubarak Al Hajeri, Hanger50 founder, and David Sultan, Global Chief Operating Officer of 01 Edu, in the presence of many […]
Dubai Police first in the world to issue NFTs
Crypto and NFT adoption hit new levels in UAE. Dubai Police have released an airdrop of 150 NFTs. Dubai police is first in the world to issue their own NFTs. As per their facebook post, participants can now own their own NFT from them. This as stated is just the first collection. The NFTs released […]
Qatar QNB to expand its Ripplenet service
Qatar QNB Bank, to expand its Blockchain RippleNet cross border payment solution to other key remittance corridors and large countries in the near future. The statement was made during the bank’s participation at Smart Cities, the two-day event organized by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT). During the event, QNB Group unveiled new […]
FintechCashier invests 11 million USD to expand digital assets investments in MENA
FintechCashier, a digital payment solution provider, which offers digital asset and crypto friendly services has partnered with Bahrain Romin Holdings an investment and business development entity, and invested 11 million USD to expand its digital asset investments in the MENA region. “Romin Holdings is a prestigious global investment and business development company with over 30 […]
BSV Blockchain launches incubator for Saudi startups
BSV blockchain launches an incubator for Saudi Arabian startups in partnership with Saudi Firm Expert Vision Consulting. BSV has been advancing its presence in the MENA region in last couple of months. Jimmy Nguyen, Founding President of the BSV blockchain’s association, announced that they have partnered with a Saudi firm to launch an incubator for […]
UAE Dubai World Trade Center Authority is legislating crypto mining sector
During the UAE Binance Week event, Khalifa AlJaziri, AlShehhi, Commercial Affairs Regulatory Sector Projects Advisor, at the Ministry of Economy in UAE and Co-Founder of Dubai Blockchain Centre, announced that DWTCA ( Dubai World Trade Center Authority) is legislating the crypto mining sector. In his speech he stated that the Dubai World Trade Center Authority […]
UAE HAYVN crypto exchange live from Abu Dhabi ADGM
UAE HAYVN, virtual asset crypto exchange have received their “go-live” approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM), the premier international financial Centre in Abu Dhabi and officially opened their ADGM-based entity to the firm’s custody and trading clients. HAYVN was granted their Financial Services Permission (FSP) in the […]
Polygon and LandOrc partner to offer real estate DeFi lending
UAE LandOrc, a blockchain real estate enabled ecosystem, partners with Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform to offer DeFi lending real estate services to its ecosystem. Through the partnership between LandOrc and Polygon, the decentralized Ethereum scaling platform with an ecosystem of over 7,000 applications (dApp), Digital Asset Owners can benefit from DeFi-enabled, tokenized lending in […]
American University of Cairo crypto adoption hurting African firms
American University Cairo, Mina Sami, assistant professor of Economics, and Wael Abdallah, assistant professor of Finance, have published a first-of-its-kind report on Africa’s crypto boom, aptly entitled “Does Cryptocurrency Hurt African Firms?” Their latest report, published in February 2022, shows that cryptocurrency negatively impacts African micro-entities, particularly those in “less competitive” sectors such as energy, financial, industrial, and […]
63 million MENA users will be able to Mint NFTs on Instagram
63 million MENA users of Instagram will be able to mint NFTs in future. Instagram users will be able to show and mint NFT’s on the platform. According to statements made by Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Meta which owns Instagram, stated, “We’re working on introducing NFTs to Instagram in the near future. In the coming […]