Dubai Blockchain Platform is set to transform and digitize applicable government processes and citizen services Smart Dubai and IBM on Tuesday announced the launch of the Dubai Blockchain Platform, the first government-endorsed blockchain platform in the UAE. Delivered through an...

The world's first cryptocurrency is at the forefront of a complex financial system viewed warily by markets and investors October 31, 2008 marked the birth of bitcoin. Ten years on, the world's first cryptocurrency is at the forefront of a complex financial system viewed warily by...

Consumers can use digital currency to make retail payments, pay for government utilities, telecommunication, and school fees via emcash Citizens and residents of Dubai will be able to make digital payments for school fees, bills and retail purchases with a stable, digital currency...

Digital currencies stolen from exchanges in 2017 totaled just $266mln Theft of cryptocurrencies through hacking of exchanges and trading platforms soared to $927 million in the first nine months of the year, up nearly 250 percent from the level seen in 2017, according to a report from...

Mastercard Middle East and Africa president Raghu Malhotra says he is 'not a great believer' in cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrencies are “like gambling”, even if the underlying blockchain technology has a number of potential and promising applications, according to Mastercard’s president...

ADGM chief tells Fintech Abu Dhabi that e-KYC, private financing and trade finance platforms should ease access to funding The chairman of Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) has said that it intends to extend the electronic know-your-customer (e-KYC) technology developed to help banks...

Department of Economic Development - Abu Dhabi and Algorythma reveal plans after signing agreement Plans have been revealed to established a Centre of Blockchain Excellence in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. The Department of Economic Development - Abu Dhabi and Algorythma, a UAE-based...

Wethaq will play the role of a platform for financial institutions, fundraisers and investors to use in the pre-sale, issuance, management and secondary trading of sukuk products ArabianChain Technology, a Gulf-based innovator in the blockchain industry, has said it has signed a joint...

The surge in cryptocurrency crime has attracted the attention of global regulators and law enforcement, Jevans said. Theft of cryptocurrencies from exchanges soared in the first half of this year to three times the level seen for the whole of 2017, leading to a three-fold increase in...

Discoverblockchain will launch its token sale on 1 October 2018, offering up to 360,000,000 tokens to the general public. DiscoverBlockchain aims to create a sufficiently flexible ecosystem that will serve both the theoretic expansion of blockchain knowledge and the applied development of...