UAE Al Fardan Exchange partners with Blockchain Ripple

UAE Al Fardan Exchange partners with Blockchain Ripple for cross border payments. According to the National News piece, UAE Al Fardan Exchange will be utilizing Ripplenet for cross border payments. The partnership will allow Al Fardan’s customers to remit money internationally in real time. Al Fardan will join Blockchain Ripple’s cloud-based global financial network, RippleNet […]

DeFi Technologies invests 27 million USD in SEBA Bank

DeFi Technologies invests 27 million USD  into SEBA Bank AG , a fully integrated FINMA licensed digital assets banking platform which recently opened an office in the UAE. SEBA Bank holding a FINMA licence granted to a financial services provider with a core capability in digital assets, is currently supporting over 25 markets globally, having […]

Bahrain CoinMENA receives crypto exchange license in Europe

Bahrain, CoinMENA receives crypto exchange license from the European Union. CoinMENA will now be able to expand to new jurisdictions in the MENA region and beyond, as well as increase the number of crypto assets and crypto financial services on the platform. Launched in 2021 by Dina Sam’an, Talal Tabbaa, and Yazan Barghuthi, CoinMENA was built primarily […]

UAE Welups identity blockchain platform has launched

UAE Welups, an Identity blockchain platform serving to connect all digital citizens through expansive applications supporting on-chain transactions and applications has launched. The platform utilizes IDShare and associated technology. Welas has offices in Dubai World Trade Center. As per their announcement, Welups was developed to be an identity blockchain platform, redefining how social media is […]

UAE Aimedis Blockchain healthcare platform launches Healthcare City Metaverse

Aimedis, The Blockchain, AI (Artificial Intelligence), and IoT (Internet of Things) enabled electronic healthcare platform headquartered in UAE with offices in the Netherlands and the Philippines, have launched their Healthcare City Metaverse, the Aimedis Health City, at the 2022 Arab Health Congress and Exhibition happening in Dubai, UAE between January 24th and January 27th 2022. […]

UAE Decentralised Investment group invests in GameFi, DeFi and Blockchain

UAE based Decentralised Investment Group (DIG), committed to making blockchain omnipresent is investing in GameFi, DeFi, and Blockchain. According to their medium post DIG has created numerous GameFi products, as they believe that blockchain based games are the future of the gaming world. These games allow players to earn money and in-game assets while simply […]

Rain crypto exchange receives approval for license in UAE

Bahrain headquartered Rain, cryptocurrency exchange has received its In-Principle Approval for a crypto asset exchange license in UAE. Rain has received (IPA) for a Financial Services Permission (FSP) from the Abu Dhabi Global Market’s (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority (the FSRA).  The FSP, once issued following successful completion of all IPA conditions, would enable Rain to […]

Oman Capital Markets Authority releases tender for regulation of virtual assets

The Oman capital markets Authority has announced a tender for specialized companies to assist in setting up a legislative and regulatory framework for virtual assets and licensing supervision and regulations of Virtual assets service providers within the Sultanate of Oman. The tender requests that entities consider various global forms to choose the most appropriate to […]

Arab Bank Switzerland to offer Crypto asset management services

Arab BankSwtizerland has started 2022 with a push into the cryptocurrencies and DeFi token scene, and will offer crypto asset management services in the near the very near future. After Arab Bank Switzerland announced it was offering 9 DeFi tokens in addition to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tezos and Fantom, UNLOCK spoke with Rani Jabban, Managing Director, […]

Global Tech Innovation Summit comes to UAE in March 2022

Global Tech Innovation Summit organized by Gulf Excellence will be coming to Sofitel Dubai between March 9th and 10th 2022. As per the organizers the event is set to transform lives through innovation and emerging technology such as blockchain, DLT and IoT, and futureproof your business and organization. The summit will be held Under the Patronage […]