UAE News

A Dubai-based Canadian expat has been arrested for peddling an allegedly fraudulent “Sharia-compliant” cryptocurrency and a host of other get-rich-quick schemes...

Can the U.K. draw inspiration from the UAE and China to regulate cryptos instead of banning them? FCA decides.

As crypto regulation is accepted in UAE blockchain projects could stand to benefit.

Here is a list of where and how to secure ownership rights for businesses and real estate through a blockchain.

Developer of the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa will launch its new blockchain token-based referral and loyalty platform in 2019.

The UAE’s Securities and Commodities Authority will be collecting public feedback on drafted regulations on crypto assets until Oct. 29.

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has signed a memorandum of understanding with Emirates NBD for blockchain-based trade finance.

The Dubai Department of Economic Development has announced a blockchain-based business registry platform.

The UAE Ministry of Community Development announced a new competition for building blockchain apps for the social sector.

South Korean blockchain provider Blocko launches in the United Arab Emirates after securing $16 million in funding.

A blockchain system for recording and sharing healthcare data has been launched by the UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention.

The world’s thirteenth largest sovereign wealth fund, Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Investment Capital, has made an investment in cryptocurrency exchange MidChains.

Etihad Airways has partnered with blockchain-based platform Winding Tree to explore how blockchain can aid in products distribution excluding third parties.

Skepticism to crypto in Islamic countries is not a pure rejection, but a result of uncertainty, according to an Islamic finance expert.

Bittrex has partnered with crypto exchange and custodian provider Rain Management WLL to launch a regulated digital asset exchange for the Middle East and North...