According to official news, TOKEN2049 announced that Trump's second son Eric Trump will be invited to attend the TOKEN2049 Dubai conference, which will be held from April 30 to May 1.
On April 3, Justin Sun said in his live broadcast that TrueCoin allegedly conspired with FDT and other institutions to transfer the US $456 million TUSD statutory reserve to a private company in Dubai wholly owned by the wife of the aforementioned Cayman fund investment manager through false documents and unauthorized transfers. FDT and Legacy Trust CEO and Director Vincent Chok directly approved these illegal transactions, which seriously violated fiduciary obligations.
Headquartered in Vienna, Bitpanda has been granted a broker-dealer license by the Dubai Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA).
Mansa, a Dubai-based but Africa-focused stablecoin liquidity provider, announced the completion of a $10 million seed round led by Tether, which will support the company's expansion into Latin America and South East Asia, where liquidity challenges have also limited cross-border transactions.
At the World Governments Summit 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Alibaba co-founder and chairperson Cai Chongxin responded to rumors of a partnership between Alibaba and Apple, saying that Apple needs a localized partner in China to serve their mobile phones. Apple has always been very picky, and they talked to multiple companies in China. Ultimately, they chose to do business with us. We are very fortunate and honored to do business with a great company like Apple. (Jin Ten)
On February 13, Oracle founder Larry Ellison said at the World Government Summit in Dubai that to use AI to improve government services and security, countries should integrate all data, including spatial, economic, electronic health records (genetic data), infrastructure information, and more, into a single database for AI analysis. He believes this will improve health care, agriculture, and social services, and help governments fight fraud. Ellison publicly supported real-time monitoring last ...
The Game Company, a Dubai-based blockchain cloud gaming developer, has completed a $10 million equity and token round, with Telcoin and its CEO Paul Neuner, BullPerks, NodeMarket, HyperCycle and Singularity DAO participating in the round. The Game Compan, which raised $5 million in April 2023, said the new funds will be used to deploy its native crypto tokens, enhance the platform and integrate the Web3 and Web2 ecosystems before launching the product publicly later this year.
On January 26th, Mario Nawfal, founder and CEO of Dubai venture capital firm IBC Group, said in a social media post that in order to support the eponymous meme coin MARIOCTO, he has bought 50,000 dollars, and when the coin reaches the market value of 500 million dollars, it will be airdropped to 100 active community members on X. Previously, Mario Nawfal announced that it had destroyed the MARIO tokens airdropped into its wallet, worth $7 million at the time of destruction. As of press time, acc...
According to Watcher.Guru, the Dubai government will build a 17-story crypto tower, which is expected to be completed in 2027.
Dubai-based investment firm Sigma Capital has launched the $100 million Sigma Capital Fund I, which focuses on early-stage ventures in the Web3 and blockchain space. The fund will invest in DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, real-world asset tokenization, gaming, and the meta-universe. In terms of investment strategy, Sigma Capital plans to manage a liquid token portfolio and adopt a high-yield DeFi approach to improve returns. Over the next three years, Sigma Capital plans to invest in 100 early-...
Dubai-based tokenization platform Allo has announced a $100 million bitcoin-backed credit line financed by Greengage and a "long-running US institution". The funds will be used to expand on-chain lending and physical asset tokenization services.
On his social media platform, Mr. Musk retweeted a video of migrants from Mars posted by Mario Nawfal, founder and CEO of Dubai-based venture capital firm IBC Group, saying it was backed by the creators of the "meme" OG. In the video, Richard Dawkins, a prominent scholar, praised Musk's plan to colonize Mars as "practical and a great challenge."
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has announced that ZetaChain (ZETA) has been accredited by the Dubai Financial Services Authority in accordance with the relevant requirements of GEN Rule 3A.3.4 in its rulebook. As a general-purpose blockchain, ZetaChain has native access to blockchains including bitcoin, and the approval of the Dubai Financial Services Authority brings greater trust and global access to ZetaChain.