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Leading Middle East Telecoms Firm Zain Joins Hedera Governing Council
15.6.2020
Major telecoms provider Zain has joined the governing council for distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph
East Asia Digital Token Initiative Inspired by Facebook’s Libra Plan
11.6.2020
Policymakers in China have suggested creating a joint Japan-China-South Korea-Hong Kong digital currency that would function in a manner not unlike Facebook’s original plan for the Libra project.
Per Seoul Daily, 10 members of the National People's Congress – the biggest and most powerful...
Wild, Wild East: Why the ICO Boom in China Refuses to Die
8.6.2020
“Chandler Guo was a beef salesman who now lives in a 100,000 square-foot California estate he calls the “Mansion of Chives” after a slang term associated with retail investors losing money.”
How Bitcoin Fits Into Lebanon’s Banking Crisis
5.6.2020
Lebanon's crisis has been raging for years, but the devaluation of the Lebanese pound and a global downturn has made stable financial services even more urgent
Four Rules For Trading Cryptocurrency In South-East Asia
3.6.2020
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Since bitcoin’s creation in 2009, cryptocurrencies have fascinated, intrigued and tempted investors ever since.
With volatile price changes, and the ability to trade centralised currencies with the digital...
Hashpower Could Migrate From East to West as Global Mining Landscape Changes
30.5.2020
The head of Ripple SBI Asia asserts that hashpower is migrating from east to west, however, notes that significant tensions remain between Chinese and U.S. mining firms
Iran Issues License for Nation’s Biggest Bitcoin Mining Operation
5.5.2020
A Turkish firm has been granted a license to operate a data center with up to 6,000 bitcoin mining machines
Bitcoin in Emerging Markets: The Middle East
4.5.2020
Regions with weak states and educated diasporas are seeing a rising demand for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and decentralized applications
Samsung-Backed DLT Firms Launch Blockchain Think Tank for MEASEA Region
28.4.2020
The group will promote the adoption of business solutions using blockchain technology integrated with artificial intelligence
Vermont Rapper Releases Hip Hop Track ‘#Freeross,’ Ulbricht Petition Nears 300K Signatures
27.3.2020
Southern Vermont-based hip-hop artist, Krypto Man, has released a new single called “#Freeross” in hopes to get Ross Ulbricht released from prison. Krypto Man is a well known rapper on the east coast and revenue from the song will be donated to the nonprofit Freeross.org. Ross Ulbricht...
Despite Bitcoin Price Dips, Crypto Is a Safe Haven in the Middle East
13.3.2020
Bitcoin fell 40 percent this week from coronavirus shocks, but it's still seen as a safe haven in the Middle East
BCH Funding Debate: Amaury Séchet Responds to IFP Questions, Noting Contention in the West
22.2.2020
On February 20, Bitcoin Cash engineers held the second 2020 BCH developers’ meeting and the first since the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) was added to the Bitcoin ABC version 0.21.0 client. Seven developers discussed new features that are coming after the May upgrade, but a majority...
Dubai Gov’t to Launch KYC Blockchain Consortium in Q1 2020
19.2.2020
Dubai government to launch a KYC blockchain consortium in collaboration with six banks in Q1 2020
How Bitcoin Is Used to Promote Human Rights: Stories From Activists and Refugees
17.2.2020
CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by the Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein and Syrian entrepreneur Moe Ghashim to discuss how cultural context shapes the way people view bitcoin, including stories from the Middle East
Report: Middle East and Africa’s Blockchain Spending to Surge 400% by 2023
14.2.2020
Governments across the Middle East and Africa to increase blockchain spending by 400% in four years, a new IDC report says
UAE Health Ministry Debuts Blockchain Platform for Medical Data
2.2.2020
The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has launched a blockchain platform for managing healthcare data
Is the Future of Blockchain Tech Innovation in the East?
1.2.2020
China, South Korea or India: Who will replace the U.S. as the world’s tech leader?
Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Buys Into Blockchain Trading Platform Vakt
28.1.2020
Saudi Aramco joins Shell, BP, Chevron and others in using Vakt’s blockchain-based oil trading platform
Palestinian Militant Group Has Received 3,370 Bitcoins in Donations Since 2015: Report
20.1.2020
The report from an Israeli organisation claims the group used bitcoin to avoid sanctions, offer a degree of anonymity to donors and enable cross-border money transfers
Asia’s Love Affair With Blockchain Is Blossoming
28.12.2019
Far away from western eyes, Asian blockchain projects are thriving. A vibrant ecosystem of public and permissioned chains has sprung to life in Asia, aided by government and big business endorsement of distributed ledger technology (DLT). Many of these chains are virtually unknown outside of...