The UAE is entering a new phase of blockchain adoption. Our new flagship report with @binance looks at how a layered regulatory framework is enabling institutional-scale blockchain deployment across finance, government, and public services. Commenting on the findings, @dhaheri_12, CEO @adbc_ae, said: “The UAE has created an environment where regulators, financial institutions, and technology providers can work together to deploy blockchain in a controlled and meaningful way. The result is an ecosystem focused on real use cases, regulatory clarity, and long-term financial infrastructure. This report captures that transition from experimentation to supervised deployment, and shows how global platforms such as @binance are increasingly participating within locally regulated market structures rather than operating on the periphery.” Access the full report 👉theblockchaincenter.ae/adbc-… #AbuDhabiToTheWorld

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Summer is the dead season in the Gulf. Everyone knows that. Except the licensing desks did not get the memo. A week of summer left, and here in the UAE we are already deep in planning for the autumn and a hot winter. And while some may have assumed summer is the dead season here, licensing of new companies picked up speed instead. If you want to track how this market develops, watch the number of new licenses and the number of companies entering it. We have put together a list of new virtual asset-related companies licensed in the UAE since the start of summer: ▪️@Revolut, in-principle from VARA on June 5 ▪️@arbeat_io, full VARA license on June 23 ▪️@TripleAHQ, in-principle from VARA on June 30 ▪️@BitcoinSuisse_, full ADGM permission on July 7 ▪️@flipster_io, full VARA exchange license on July 14 ▪️@ARPdigital_io, full VARA broker-dealer license on August 7 ▪️@flowdesk_co, full VARA broker-dealer license on August 7 ▪️@0xCregis, in-principle from VARA on August 7 ▪️@coinbase, full ADGM permission for its tokenization hub on August 11 ▪️@capitalcom, full CMA license on August 20 Save this list not just to understand where the UAE market is heading, but to know whom to meet when the business season starts. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

Here is where your crypto actually works in the UAE: a flight, a taxi, a court fee, and as of August 5, the duty free counter at DXB. — @airarabiagroup has taken @AECoin_UAE for tickets since May 2025. @emirates added @cryptocom Pay in July. — Tawasul has run AE Coin across the Abu Dhabi taxi fleet since June 2025. — Abu Dhabi Judicial Department has accepted AE Coin for court fees since July 2025. — @DubaiDutyFree went live on August 5 at DXB, Al Maktoum International and its online store. — @ADNOCdist signed in December to bring AE Coin to its UAE stations. Dubai Finance signed with Crypto.com for government fees. @eAndUAE is testing it across consumer payment points. All of this shows how crypto is developing in the UAE. Through our weekly content series, we keep showing how attractive it is to do business in a country where advanced technology is being adopted at this pace. Follow @adbc_ae for the next one. There is always a next one. #UAEForDigitalAssets

One article counted a country. The other counted one square kilometer of it. Both landed last week, and the numbers rhyme. On 28 July, @TheNationalNews reported that @DIFC crossed 10,000 companies for the first time, adding 2,318 over the twelve months to the end of June. On 31 July, @khaleejtimes published a survey of where senior figures in the industry expect UAE fintech to go next. ▪️1,670+ AI, FinTech and innovation firms now sit in the DIFC ecosystem, and they have raised more than $4.2 billion between them. ▪️12.5 million users are on Aani, the national instant payments platform, with transfers settling in about three seconds. ▪️224 investors took part in the Dubai Land Department tokenized title pilot, coming from more than 40 countries, and the offering sold out in under two minutes. ▪️2,318 companies joined DIFC over twelve months, a 30% increase that pushed the center past 10,000 for the first time. ▪️Every segment grew at once: family offices up 36%, wealth and asset management up 35%, insurance and reinsurance up 22%, regulated firms up 16%, banking and capital markets up 13%. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

Two reports published in two weeks surveyed different people, in different regions, with different methods, and landed on the same finding: money now sits in stablecoins instead of passing through them. @BinanceResearch published "Stablecoins: Transforming the Financial Landscape", drawing mainly on its own platform data alongside external trackers. The MENA Fintech Association and @FireblocksHQ published "The UAE Stablecoin Payments Playbook", a practitioner guide built from their joint webinar, external research, and Fireblocks' survey of 295 executives. ▪️𝟑𝟎% of Binance users holding at least $𝟏𝟎 keep more than half their portfolio in stablecoins, up from 𝟒% in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎. ▪️On the institutional side, 𝟒𝟗% of surveyed executives already pay in stablecoins and 𝟖𝟔% say their infrastructure is ready; the distance between those two numbers is operational. ▪️MENA is the fastest-growing saver base, with its share of Binance Earn stablecoin deposits climbing from 𝟓.𝟓𝟑% to 𝟗.𝟐𝟏% since 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, the sharpest move of any region. ▪️Roughly $𝟕𝟔𝐁 in stablecoin transfers moves every weekend, when every other settlement rail is shut. ▪️And about 𝟗𝟗% of stablecoin market cap is dollar-linked, against roughly 𝟒𝟎% of cross-border payment flows. That 𝟔𝟎% is where a dirham-denominated layer has room to grow. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

Spain just won the World Cup. Its champions play for 12 clubs, and the crypto brands sponsoring them keep turning up in the same place — the UAE. @eToro▪️@okx▪️@Bitpanda▪️@krakenfx▪️@Revolut — five of the crypto brands on those clubs' shirts are already inside UAE regulation. Three are fully licensed — eToro under Abu Dhabi's FSRA, OKX and Bitpanda under Dubai's VARA. Two more, Kraken and Revolut, hold in-principle approvals and are waiting on full licenses. Following the football this month was as exciting as watching virtual asset firms line up to enter the UAE. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

The lazy take on UAE crypto: rich, shallow, and late. Capital without code, Dubai without depth, following without leading. Three myths — let's break them. Myth 1️⃣ is that 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭. Yet the dirham stablecoin, now moving real value across the country, DDSC, runs on ADI Chain, an institutional Ethereum Layer-2 built by Abu Dhabi's @ADI_Foundation and licensed by the Central Bank. @fuzefinance runs the rails that banks and fintechs plug into. Zand, a homegrown digital bank, issues its own regulated dirham token. Myth 2️⃣ is that 𝐔𝐀𝐄 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐢, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐢 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐀. In reality, five regulators run in parallel: ADGM's FSRA covers Abu Dhabi's free zone, the DFSA covers DIFC, the Central Bank governs stablecoins nationwide. And the federal CMA now extends a virtual-asset perimeter across all seven emirates. This isn't one city with one rulebook. Myth 3️⃣ is that 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐀𝐄 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡-𝐮𝐩, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭. VARA launched in 2022 as the world's first regulator built solely for virtual assets. ADGM followed in 2023 with the world's first legal framework for blockchain foundations and DAOs, and had already become the first jurisdiction in MENA to regulate virtual assets back in 2018. By 2024, the Central Bank's stablecoin rulebook was demanding 100% reserves and next-day redemption. These are frameworks that other jurisdictions are now studying, not copying. Another great example of how the UAE is pioneering digital assets came last week. Wai Lum Kwok, Senior Executive Director of Authorisation at the FSRA at ADGM, told @TheNationalNews that Abu Dhabi's stablecoin regulatory architecture, introduced about two years ago, is close to finished: "we are one of the first movers [globally]", and he believes local rules are robust enough that "our framework is ready to be exported to the US". 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

When the market leader arrives last, it's not news; it's confirmation. @ethereum just named Abu Dhabi. On July 1, @ethereuminsti launched as an independent nonprofit and named Abu Dhabi as one of its expansion hubs. Read the timing carefully: the institutional field in Abu Dhabi was built before this announcement arrived. ▪️@AvalancheFDN — set up a DLT Foundation in ADGM in November 2025 and announced six UAE partnerships at Abu Dhabi Finance Week. ▪️@hashgraphgroup — the Hedera ecosystem's investment firm, took an ADGM license and launched a $100M venture fund from Abu Dhabi in December 2024. ▪️@SolanaFndn — signed an MoU with ADGM in February 2024 and brought Breakpoint, its flagship conference, to Abu Dhabi with 7,000+ attendees. (A shortlist — not the full roster). Still, this is a strong signal for Abu Dhabi and the UAE. More and more institutional-grade digital asset giants keep choosing this market and each arrival makes the next one easier. This is what #UAEForDigitalAssets looks like in practice: the counterparties, the regulator, and the capital, all in one place. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

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Who actually runs crypto in the UAE? Two regulators. 82% of every license. This month, @neoslegal published the UAE VASP License Tracker, the first public database of every active crypto license in the country. We ran the numbers: 101 VASPs, 173 licenses, 5 regulators, as of the June snapshot. The UAE licenses virtual-asset firms across five regulators on two tiers: ▪️VARA — Dubai's dedicated virtual-asset regulator — 75 licenses ▪️FSRA — the financial regulator of ADGM, Abu Dhabi — 67 ▪️DFSA — the financial regulator of DIFC, Dubai — 23 ▪️CBUAE — the federal central bank, for payment tokens — 5 ▪️CMA — the federal securities regulator, formerly the SCA — 3 Behind the names, the register shows the shape of the market: 📊Broker-dealer is the most common license at 65 of 173, against only 4 banks and 9 issuers. 🏛️VARA and ADGM's FSRA together issue 82% of all licenses. 📈30 firms were first licensed in 2025, the register's highest year. The first half of 2026 already added 17. 🆕April and May 2026 alone added Daman, LTP, First Crypto, Amber, Bitexen and CoinCorner, while Crypto.com added a federal license. The federal layer is where we work most closely. The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi is the regulatory advisor for digital asset innovation to the @uaecma, and works with the Central Bank on stablecoins and cross-border settlement. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

يسر هيئة سوق المال أن تعلن عن إطلاق النطاق الرسمي الجديد للموقع الإلكتروني: uaecma.gov.ae نرجو منكم تحديث بياناتكم وزيارة الموقع للاطلاع على أحدث التشريعات والأخبار.

شارك الرئيس التنفيذي لبنك المارية المحلي، السيد محمد وسيم خياطة، في مؤتمر الهوية والمصادقة ومنع الاحتيال (IAFPC 3.0)، إلى جانب قادة القطاع المصرفي ومبتكري التكنولوجيا والجهات التنظيمية، لمناقشة مستقبل التمويل الرقمي الآمن، مع التركيز على التحقق من الهوية بدون كلمة مرور، ومنع الاحتيال المدعوم بالذكاء الاصطناعي، وتعزيز الثقة ضمن المنظومة المالية في المنطقة. Mbank CEO, Mr. Mohammad Wassim Khayata, participated in IAFPC 3.0, joining banking leaders, technology innovators, and regulators to discuss the future of secure digital finance, with a focus on passwordless authentication, AI-driven fraud prevention, and strengthening trust across the region’s financial ecosystem. #MbankUAE #BankOnUs #DigitalBank

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The @FIFAWorldCup official sponsors now reach into stablecoins, crypto exchanges, and on-chain markets. The 2026 tournament put digital assets on football's biggest stage: 🔹@Visa, @FIFAcom's Official Payment Technology Partner, is running USDC stablecoin settlement across the region and bringing stablecoin-linked cards to the Middle East. 🔹@krakenfx, Official Crypto Exchange Supporter, the first global exchange to win a full @ADGlobalMarket license in 2022, now re-entering via @varadubai. 🔹ADI @Predictstreet, @FIFAcom's first Official Prediction Market Partner, built on @ADIChain_, Abu Dhabi's institutional Layer 2. Look past the logos, and one thread runs through all three: the UAE. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

سعادة وليد سعيد العوضي، الرئيس التنفيذي لهيئة سوق المال، يعبّر عن فخره بترشح موظفي الهيئة ضمن جائزة محمد بن راشد للأداء الحكومي المتميز. إن هذه الترشيحات تعكس ما بذله الموظفون من جهود مخلصة، وروح مهنية عالية، والتزام راسخ بقيم الريادة والابتكار في العمل الحكومي.

This month, @Bybit_Official put a @SpaceX IPO on-chain — days after @binance wired AED into a UAE bank, and weeks after @cryptocom cleared crypto to pay Dubai government fees. @Bybit_Official's IPO Express opens tokenized subscriptions at the offering price, starting with @SpaceX before public trading begins. @binance's ramp runs directly through @OfficialADCB: zero deposit fees, same-day settlement, no third-party processor. @cryptocom is the first VASP licensed by the @centralbankuae under a Stored Value Facility, funding payments in crypto and settling in dirhams. None of this would have been possible without the regulatory groundwork the UAE has spent years putting in place. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

The United Nations Development Programme (@UNDP) has launched its Blockchain Advisory Group, and @adbc_ae is part of it! "Being part of @UNDP's Blockchain Advisory Group reflects Abu Dhabi's commitment to advancing blockchain in service of the public good. We look forward to contributing our regulatory and institutional expertise to a global agenda focused on real development outcomes," said @dhaheri_12, CEO @adbc_ae. The Blockchain Advisory Group currently includes 26 member organizations representing a broad cross-section of the blockchain ecosystem. Across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia, and Asia-Pacific, UNDP is working with governments and ecosystem partners to explore applications ranging from digital payments and financial inclusion to climate finance, digital identity, traceability, public procurement, and public service delivery. The Blockchain Advisory Group convenes twice annually to explore how blockchain technologies can address key development priorities: public trust and digital governance; inclusive society and legal identity; financial inclusion and digital financial services; sustainability, climate and trackable responsibility; and digital labour and the future of work. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

Around $90 billion is parked with one crypto custodian. That's almost triple every tokenized real-world asset out there, put together. Custody is the least visible part of crypto and the most heavily licensed. That makes it a cleaner signal than any token: the biggest names in it have been setting up in the UAE. In May, the biggest one of all walked in. @BNYglobal safekeeps $59.4 trillion in assets, and it's now bringing institutional crypto custody to Abu Dhabi with Finstreet and @ADI_Foundation , both part of IHC, through @ADGlobalMarket. The deal still needs final agreements and regulatory sign-off. If you are weighing where to custody digital assets in the region, match your activity to the regulator: @varadubai in Dubai, @ADGlobalMarket or @DIFC in the financial free zones, @uaecma at the federal level, @centralbankuae for payment tokens. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

Sovereign nations are accelerating their deployment of central bank digital currencies. As @realyanxin mentioned in the @Reuters piece, the era of programmable national infrastructure is here. We provide the verifiable rails required to secure these large-scale government rollouts. reuters.com/business/finance…