CoinMENA Blog

This week, Standard Chartered is doubling down crypto and will launch a spot trading desk, the SEC drops their lawsuit against the Ethereum Foundation, and more companies are following the Microstrategy in adding bitcoin to their corporate treasuries.

This week, the UAE approved a new licensing scheme for AED stablecoins, fintech giant Robinhood to acquire crypto exchange Bitstamp, and BlackRock BTC holdings surpass 300,000!

his week, Abu Dhabi supports bitcoin mining—just not on farmland; Australia launches its first spot bitcoin ETF; pension funds start allocating to bitcoin; and our blog of the week explores why bitcoin wrecks your hurdle rate.

This week, the Ethereum ETF got approved, crypto became a major issue in U.S. politics potentially shaping the presidential election outcome, and research shows that 13 of the largest 25 hedge funds in the U.S. have bitcoin in their portfolios.

This week, Tether announced record profits and bought more bitcoin, the GBTC ETF experienced its first day of positive net inflows since launching in January, and USDT on Ton reached 100 million in circulation just 2 weeks after launching!

This week, CoinMENA became the first in the region to enable USDT withdrawals via Telegram’s The Open Network (TON) just 10 days after Tether announced USDT is coming to TON.

This week, Hong Kong approves BTC and ETH exchange-traded funds (ETFs), all you need to know about the upcoming bitcoin halving, PayPal and Ripple dive deeper into the stablecoin business, and who is Mr. 100?

This week, Tether became the 7th largest holder of bitcoin, Larry Fink declared the Bitcoin ETF to be the most successful ETF launch ever, Silk Road bitcoin is on the move, and SBF was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

This week, BlackRock launched a tokenization fund on Ethereum, Stablecoins’ supply increasing, currency crises continue in Turkey, and Bitcoin becomes the 5th largest currency in the world, surpassing the oldest currency, the British pound.