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Centralized crypto platforms forced to freeze Arab countries’ funds

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates, the former CEO of Paxful calls on users to stay away from centralized crypto platforms. Ray Youssef, former CEO of Paxful, a peer-to-peer crypto platform, took to X to alarm users about the growing risks of being blocked on centralized exchanges. The regulators worldwide

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Binance eyes United Arab Emirates as ‘focal point’ for future operations

The United Arab Emirates is becoming the next big focus for Binance in the wake of a slew of enforcement actions in the United States against the crypto exchange.Speaking to Cointelegraph, Binance Dubai general manager Alex Chehade said the UAE is a prime destination for crypto businesses seeking a clear

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Lawyer explains new federal virtual asset law in the United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cabinet has decided to pass a new law that governs virtual assets, setting up the country's initial regulatory regime for the cryptocurrency space at the federal level. Before the federal-level regulation, the UAE already introduced several supervisory initiatives for digital assets in financial free zones like

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Prince Philip of Serbia calms rumors of Arab country Bitcoin adoption

Prince Filip Karađorđević, known as Philip Karageorgevitch in English, placated rumors that an Arab country would “soon” adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. In an interview Philip delivered from Serbia, the prince explained that Bitcoin adoption is an inevitability for all countries.As a result of the thesis he first shared

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Kraken awarded crypto trading license in the United Arab Emirates

Californian crypto exchange Kraken becomes the second virtual asset platform after Binance to receive regulatory approval to operate in the Abu Dhabi international financial center and free zone, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).In a CNBC interview, Kraken’s managing director Curtis Ting explains the importance of diversifying trading pairs to local

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Arab States of the Gulf open up to digital asset services, March 14–21

Last week got off to an antsy start as the clause that many interpreted as a direct route to ban proof-of-work-(PoW)-based cryptocurrencies made a sudden comeback to the draft of the European Union’s key directive on digital assets. Many in the crypto policy space got immediate flashbacks to other instances

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Arab Federation of Capital Markets Partners With UAE to Launch Blockchain Innovation Challenge – Blockchain Bitcoin News

United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Ministry of Economy has joined hands with the Arab Federation of Capital Markets (AFCM) to kickstart a challenge that encourages fintechs to create a know-your-customer (KYC) verification system based on blockchain technology. Trustworthiness of Data on the Blockchain The AFCM has, in conjunction with the UAE’s Ministry

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Samsung-Backed Blocko to Build Blockchain-Based Credit System for Arab Bank

The research arm of Suadi Arabia’s Islamic Development Bank Group is aiming to develop a blockchain-based smart credit management system.To achieve this, the bank's Islamic Research and Training Institute, or IRTI, has partnered with the Samsung-backed blockchain provider Blocko. The partnership comes as a part of the E24P regional consortium

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