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Rain MENA FZE, the Dubai arm of Bahrain-based crypto brokerage and custodian Rain, holds a full licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for exchange and broker-dealer services. VARA’s public …
Ant International, the company behind Alipay+, has completed pilot transfers on HSBC’s Tokenised Deposit Service (TDS) in the UAE. The tests covered two corridors: real-time dirham-denominated transfers within the UAE, …
Securitize, the tokenisation platform, is integrating with ADI Chain, the UAE institutional blockchain, the ADI Foundation. Once the integration is complete, eligible tokenised financial products issued through Securitize may use …
Apex Group, the Bermuda-founded fund administrator, has partnered with tokenisation provider droppRWA to build the Unified Trust Stack, a platform meant to take a verified real-world asset from origination through …
Citi Token Services, the bank’s blockchain-based platform for moving tokenised deposits, is now live in the UAE, Citi announced on 28 September 2026. The UAE launch handles both USD and EUR transactions, …
This month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, its first tailored securities offering regime for crypto investment contracts. It’s a significant step, and one that …
Network International has launched an in-store pilot allowing shoppers to pay with DDSC, the dirham-backed stablecoin, at two UAE retail locations, Marks & Spencer at Dubai Festival City and LuLu …
PayTabs Group has agreed to acquire Amazon Payment Services’ Middle East and North Africa operations in a deal worth more than $100 million, announced 7 September 2026. Once completed, the …
Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Securitize, a NYSE-listed tokenization platform backed by BlackRock, on 3 September 2026. The agreement sets up a …
Standard Chartered has launched institutional Bitcoin and Ether spot trading in the UAE through Standard Chartered DIFC, making it the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to offer the capability …
