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

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…

Payment rails were Bitcoin's first chapter. Programmable value is the next. Our co-founder @chadmasterxbt is on the @proofoftalk panel tomorrow talking about what it takes to rebuild Bitcoin's financial stack. June 2, 11:35 CET. Louvre Palace.

𝟑 directly licensed VASPs. 𝟑𝟗 registered. 𝟏𝟔 in pipeline. UAE's federal VA regulation went institutional in 2025 — and the @uaecma Annual Report has the details. @uaecma released the report earlier this month. Chapter 7 of the report focuses entirely on virtual assets, one of the most substantive treatments of the sector by a UAE federal regulator. The numbers tell a clear story. 𝟑𝟗 companies are now registered with CMA via the joint @uaecma-@varadubai cooperation framework, up 𝟖𝟔% year-on-year (𝟏𝟖 added in 2025). 𝟏𝟔 in the licensing pipeline, up 𝟑𝟗%. 𝟑 entities now hold direct CMA licenses (𝟐 newly issued in 2025), up 𝟐𝟎𝟎% year-on-year. Each figure marks a different stage of the UAE's federal VA pipeline, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐀-𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐌𝐀-𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐬. Here is what CMA built in 2025: 🔗𝐂𝐌𝐀 × 𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 — fully operational. Four pillars: regulatory alignment, information exchange, supervisory coordination, and clear delineation of roles. A fast-track mutual recognition mechanism launches in Q1 2026. Entities licensed by one regulator get an accelerated path with the other. 📋𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟖𝟑 — Cabinet-approved fee structure for VASPs. Transparent entry conditions for the UAE mainland market. 📑𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟓/𝐑𝐌 — tokenized securities and commodity contracts now sit inside a federal framework. A direct path for mainland issuers that previously had no federal route. 📘𝐕𝐀𝐒𝐏 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 — updated. New modules aligned with current digital asset business models. 🤝𝐌𝐨𝐔 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 @adbc_ae — on June 10, 2025, CMA signed a memorandum of understanding with us, focused on blockchain technologies and Web3 within capital markets. One of 𝟕 new MoUs signed by CMA in 2025, bringing the cumulative total to 𝟏𝟔𝟔 partnerships. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

Eid Al Adha Mubarak from @adbc_ae! As communities across the UAE and around the world mark Eid Al Adha, we extend our warmest wishes to our partners, founders, and friends. 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺, 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱. #UAEForDigitalAssets

On May 7, the UAE's two regulated stablecoins, @AECoin_UAE (AED) and @Universal_USDU (USD), announced they are building an automated conversion framework between them. The first regulated AED–USD on-chain bridge, powered by @almaryahbank (Mbank). Today the UAE has five @centralbankuae-approved payment tokens: @AECoin_UAE, Zand AED, DDSC, @Universal_USDU, and RAKBANK AED (in-principle). All authorized under the Payment Token Services Regulation (PTSR). This matters because the UAE's stablecoin market is not small. The country processed $𝟓𝟔𝐁 in crypto volume between July 2024 and June 2025 — 𝟓𝟏% of it in stablecoins, one of the highest concentrations in MENA. Merchant crypto payments grew 𝟖𝟖.𝟏% YoY. Institutional transactions above $𝟏𝟎𝐌 grew 𝟓𝟒.𝟕%. The infrastructure is catching up to the demand. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

Missed Xin’s recent interview on Al Qahera News القاهرة الإخبارية)? Here are some key moments: - US-China Summit & Supply Chains: youtu.be/UUsPDeohiEE?t=369 - AI, Data Centers & Energy Tech: youtu.be/UUsPDeohiEE?t=661 -Geopolitical Analysis: Middle East: youtu.be/UUsPDeohiEE?t=1144 Tip: Enable Settings -> Subtitles -> Auto-translate -> English

Welcoming Republic Technologies to the Sign ecosystem. investing.com/news/stock-mar… Republic Technologies (CSE: DOCT | FSE: 7FM0 | OTCQB: DOCKF) is a Canadian public-market vehicle giving listed-equity shareholders disclosure-driven exposure to the foundational infrastructure layers of the next-generation internet: verification, identity, programmable capital, settlement. Under this agreement, Republic will be deploying the S.I.G.N. stack across capital-markets and public-company workflows. The first publicly listed deployment of this stack. A meaningful step toward S.I.G.N. stack entering the listed-company toolkit, alongside conventional audit, compliance, and continuous-disclosure processes. Onward.

We've rounded up the latest moves by the world's financial giants betting on the UAE, from $3.3 trillion @CapitalGroup to @nubank's 131-million-customer digital bank. ▪️@blackstone commits $250M into a UAE payments infrastructure platform — 🗓️𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟔 (👉 thenationalnews.com/business…) ▪️Muzinich & Co opens its @ADGlobalMarket credit management office — 🗓️𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟑𝟎 (👉 zawya.com/en/business/invest…) ▪️Hillhouse Investment opens an @ADGlobalMarket office — 🗓️𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐 (👉 thenationalnews.com/business…) ▪️@nubank announces global headquarters in the UAE — 🗓️𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟑 (👉 fintechnews.ae/30978/digital…) ▪️@BainCapital and @Barings open @ADGlobalMarket offices — 🗓️𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟔 (👉 thenationalnews.com/business…) ▪️@Ripple opens its MEA regional HQ in @DIFC — 🗓️𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟑𝟎 (👉 zawya.com/en/press-release/c…) ▪️@hashed_official obtains its @ADGlobalMarket financial services permission — 🗓️𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟑𝟎 (👉 adgm.com/media/announcements…) ▪️Rokos Capital Management receives @ADGlobalMarket approval — 🗓️𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏 (👉 adgm.com/media/announcements…) ▪️@CapitalGroup announces its first-ever Middle East office at @ADGlobalMarket — 🗓️𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟓 (👉 thenationalnews.com/business…) ▪️Man Group submits a Category 3A licence application at @ADGlobalMarket — 🗓️𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟓 (👉 thenationalnews.com/business…) ▪️@BNYglobal expands crypto services in Abu Dhabi — 🗓️𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟕 (👉 coindesk.com/business/2026/0…) Every one of these announcements came against a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, and that's exactly what makes them significant. Institutional capital, particularly in digital assets, keeps moving into the UAE. The volume of commitment we've seen since @ADFinanceWeek in December 2025 has been extraordinary. We invite everyone to be part of this growth and explore what the region has to offer! 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

Seeing Signs again in Korea! SIGN Korea Representative, @pudgysook, will be attending 2026 The Institutional Web3 Forum Beyond Banking: Web3 for Institutions 2026 as a speaker on May 12th. This event is co-hosted by @tokenpostkr, Korea’s leading blockchain media, Korean (Korea Fintech Industry Association), and OBDIA (Open Blockchain & DID Association).

أصبحت عملة آي إي كوين، AE Coin، معتمدة الآن لدى مجموعة نيفوس، لتكون بذلك أول شركة خدمات مهنية في المنطقة تُتيح مدفوعات العملات المستقرة الخاضعة للتنظيم عبر محفظة اي اي سي. يمثل هذا خطوة أخرى نحو تسهيل المدفوعات الرقمية اليومية في جميع أنحاء الإمارات العربية المتحدة، بدءًا من التسوية الفورية للفواتير وصولًا إلى خفض تكاليف المعاملات. AE Coin is now accepted by Nephos Group, the first professional services firm in the region to enable regulated stablecoin payments via AEC Wallet. From instant invoice settlement to lower transaction costs, this marks another step toward everyday digital payments across the UAE. #MbankUAE #BankOnUs #DigitalBank

آي إي كوين، أول عملة مستقرة مدعومة بالدرهم الإماراتي، وعملة USDU، أول عملة مستقرة مدعومة بالدولار الأمريكي، تتعاونان لتطوير أول إطار رقمي منظم في دولة الإمارات للتحويل بين الدرهم الإماراتي والدولار الأمريكي، بدعم من بنك المارية المحلي. هذه المبادرة تتيح تنفيذ عمليات تحويل شبه فورية بين رموز الدفع الرقمية المقومة بالدرهم والدولار، بما يدعم تسويات الأصول الافتراضية، وإدارة السيولة، وعمليات الخزينة، ضمن منظومة مالية رقمية متوافقة مع الأطر التنظيمية في دولة الإمارات. تمثل هذه الخطوة محطة جديدة نحو بناء بنية تحتية مالية رقمية أكثر ترابطاً وكفاءة، تدعم مستقبل المدفوعات والتسويات الرقمية وتعزز مكانة دولة الإمارات كمركز عالمي للابتكار المالي.  AE Coin, the first UAE dirham-backed stablecoin, and USDU, the first US dollar-backed stablecoin, are collaborating to develop the UAE’s first regulated digital framework for converting between the UAE dirham and the US dollar, with support from Mbank. This initiative enables near-instant transfers between digital payment tokens denominated in dirhams and dollars, supporting virtual asset settlements, liquidity management, and treasury operations within a digital financial ecosystem that complies with the UAE’s regulatory frameworks. This step marks a new milestone toward building a more connected and efficient digital financial infrastructure that supports the future of digital payments and settlements, while reinforcing the UAE’s position as a global hub for financial innovation. #AECoin #USDU #MbankUAE

Today marks a major milestone for KAIO with the $KAIO TGE. A quick reflection on where we stand after 2 years of building: • ~$100M TVL live with tokenised top-tier funds from BlackRock, Brevan Howard, Hamilton Lane, Laser Digital, and Mubadala Capital. • Live across 10 Tier-1 chains with our cross-chain gateway including @solana, @SeiNetwork, @SuiNetwork, @Aptos , @hedera, and others. • Backed by top tier institutions who are rewriting how capital markets and money moves including @tether, @LaserDigital_, @BHDigitalAssets, @Systemic_VC, @LyrikVentures, @Karatage_, @ShorooqPartners, and others. • Building toward deeper DeFi composability that bring real utility to RWAs • KASH, our retail RWA access product, is launching soon to open up even broader access. The tokenised asset space is hitting a real inflection point. For KAIO it has always been traction and product before hype. We’re here to lead this transition to onchain capital markets. This is what we mean by Transforming Institutional Funds Onchain.

في إطار تعزيز بيئة الأعمال وتسهيل الوصول إلى الخدمات المالية، وقّع بنك المارية المحلي مذكرة تفاهم مع اقتصادية أبوظبي متمثلة بسلطة أبوظبي للتسجيل، بهدف تبسيط إجراءات فتح الحسابات البنكية للشركات. وتسهم هذه المذكرة في تمكين الشركات من إدارة عملياتها بسهولة وكفاءة أكبر، بما يدعم نمو الأعمال ويعزز بيئة الأعمال في أبوظبي. To strengthen the business environment by improving access to financial services,Al Maryah Community Bank and #ADDED, represented by ADRA, signed an MoU to simplify business bank account opening. This MoU enables companies to manage their operations more easily and efficiently, supporting business growth and strengthening Abu Dhabi’s business sector. #MbankUAE #BankOnUs #DigitalBank

Last week, @ADGlobalMarket and @hashed_official shared something we've been waiting for — the report from their joint roundtable, held in December at @ADFinanceWeek, the most important week in the #UAE calendar for global finance, digital assets, and institutional capital. Both companies convened a closed-door Web3 Leaders Roundtable, structured around two sessions: Digital Infrastructure 2030 and Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets. The roundtable produced a joint policy report with findings across 8 key themes, from AI agent governance to Basel capital treatment of stablecoins. You can download it here 👉 assets.adgm.com/download/ass… What the room agreed on: 🔵 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 — AI agents will drive transaction volumes by orders of magnitude. Blockchain is the only infrastructure capable of supporting tamper-evident governance at machine scale. 🔵 𝐓𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 — not an issuance question. Settlement design, collateral mobility, and secondary-market functionality now determine scale. 🔵 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 — on-chain transactions pass through 2–3 overlapping KYC layers even when FATF standards are already satisfied. Digital-asset exposures remain risk-weighted at punitive levels. 🔵 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 — without cash-equivalent accounting treatment, institutions are structurally constrained from using stablecoins as settlement assets. 🔵 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭–𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐮𝐬𝐞 — regulation follows adoption, not the other way around. @dhaheri_12, who attended the event, noted: "The roundtable made one thing clear: the barriers to institutional crypto are not technical — they are structural. #AbuDhabi is uniquely positioned to solve these at the regulatory level, and that is exactly what this room was working toward." The room also included senior representatives from @BlackRock, @FranklnTempletn, @The_DTCC, @circle, @tether, @Consensys, @Grayscale, @SolanaFndn, ADIA, @dbsbank, @BHDigitalAssets, @LaserDigital_, @DMCCAuthority, and others, 31 decision-makers across regulators, institutions, and infrastructure builders. 👉@adbc_ae #UAEForDigitalAssets

As global markets navigate increasing complexity, the UAE’s capital markets continue to demonstrate resilience and strong underlying fundamentals.

TGE: May 6.