Abu Dhabi Reinforces Ban on Cryptocurrency Mining on Agricultural Land The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has issued a strong reminder to farmers and agricultural stakeholders: cryptocurrency mining is strictly prohibited on agricultural land across the...

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has officially launched Sharia Earn—its first fully certified Sharia-compliant crypto staking product. Announced during the Binance Square Webinar by CEO Richard Teng, Sharia Earn is designed to provide Muslim investors worldwide with...

Imagine booking your next Emirates flight using cryptocurrency. That future is becoming a reality. Emirates Airline has signed a landmark agreement with leading digital assets platform Crypto.com, setting the stage for passengers to pay for tickets and services using cryptocurrencies as early as...

Crypto enthusiasts gathered in Dubai on Wednesday for TOKEN2049, a major two-day event drawing around 15,000 attendees and featuring top executives from global crypto firms, major investment players like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, and political figure Eric Trump, son of the U.S. president....

The UAE has been recognized as one of the leading emerging economies in artificial intelligence (AI) readiness, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which was unveiled during the Dubai AI Assembly at Dubai AI Week. The report, titled "GCC AI Pulse: Mapping the Region’s...

The global crypto industry faced a massive wake-up call on February 21, 2025, when North Korea’s Lazarus Group executed the largest crypto hack in history, stealing $1.5 billion in Ether from Bybit. This attack underlines the need for stronger cybersecurity in the UAE and across the global...

The deal, which Binance called its first institutional investment, is one of the largest ever in the crypto industry Abu Dhabi-backed investment group MGX has made a $2bn cryptocurrency investment in Binance, the companies said on Wednesday (March 12), deepening ties between the...

US President Donald Trump on social media announced five digital assets he expected to include in a new reserve, including bitcoin, ether, XRP, solana and cardano Asian share markets made guarded gains on Monday as investors waited anxiously to see if imminent tariffs would go ahead,...

Retailers in the Middle East, especially in the UAE, are at the forefront of incorporating LLMs, SLMs, and LAMs to provide personalized shopping experiences on a large scale. MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East, in collaboration with Astra Tech, has released a comprehensive white...