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Ripple has secured full authorisation under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, clearing the San Francisco-based blockchain payments company to expand regulated crypto services across the European Economic Area. The approval, granted through Luxembourg’s financial regulator to Ripple Payments Europe S. A., gives the company a Crypto Asset Service Provider licence and allows it to passport services across 30 EEA markets. It follows a preliminary clearance […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai BARQ Systems has formed a regional partnership with ServiceNow to speed up digital transformation and enterprise automation across the Middle East and North Africa, targeting organisations that are moving from isolated technology upgrades to AI-enabled operating models. The collaboration is designed to help enterprises use the ServiceNow AI Platform to convert complex workflows into automated, data-led processes across IT, customer service, human resources […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai The UAE has emerged as the GCC’s busiest confirmed construction market, with 700 execution-ready projects valued at $138 billion, underscoring the country’s shift from post-boom recovery to a broader phase of active development across real estate, energy, infrastructure and specialised industrial assets. Saudi Arabia ranks close behind by project count, with 628 confirmed schemes, though its pipeline is larger in value terms at […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai OPEC+ has approved another increase in oil output targets for August, adding 188,000 barrels per day to planned supply as Gulf exports move back through the Strait of Hormuz and crude prices ease from wartime highs. The decision, taken at a virtual meeting on Sunday, extends a sequence of monthly quota increases that began in April and continued through June and July. Saudi […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Oil prices have slipped back as a burst of supply, softer demand signals and easing disruption fears revive concern that the global market may be heading towards another glut. Brent crude has traded close to $72 a barrel, while US benchmark West Texas Intermediate has hovered below $70, pulling prices towards levels seen before the latest Middle East supply scare. The shift has […]

Securitize began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SECZ after completing its merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, giving the tokenisation platform a public-market foothold at a time when Wall Street is testing blockchain rails for regulated securities. The Miami and New York-based company closed its business combination on 1 July, with trading starting the following day. The deal is expected to raise […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Mastercard has joined a consortium of more than 140 companies backing Open USD, a new dollar-pegged stablecoin designed to lower the cost of business payments and widen corporate use of blockchain-based settlement. The initiative, run by Open Standard, brings together payment networks, banks, technology companies, crypto platforms and asset managers in an attempt to create a shared stablecoin infrastructure rather than a token […]

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Bitcoin, Ether and other large crypto tokens are moving in unusually tight formation as a market worth more than $2.2 trillion tries to recover from a bruising correction, raising fresh questions over whether investors are gaining diversification or merely holding different versions of the same risk trade. Live market data showed Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, BNB, Solana, Dogecoin, Tron and Hyperliquid’s HYPE controlling roughly $1.74 trillion in combined […]

Cape Verde’s breakthrough World Cup campaign ended in Miami Gardens after the Blue Sharks pushed defending champions Argentina to extra time before falling 3-2 in a round-of-32 match that turned one of the tournament’s smallest teams into one of its defining stories. Argentina advanced to a round-of-16 meeting with Egypt, but the night belonged almost as much to Cape Verde, whose players twice came from behind and […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai The UAE’s non-oil private sector came close to stalling in June as the impact of the Iran conflict, softer tourism activity and cost pressures hit client demand, leaving firms with the weakest improvement in business conditions since February 2021. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global UAE Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 50.8 in June from 52.6 in May, staying only slightly above the 50 […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi’s e& Carrier & Wholesale Services has signed a strategic partnership with Lenovo Connect to deliver global connectivity for electric vehicles, connected cars and industrial IoT systems, strengthening its push into cross-border digital infrastructure as mobility platforms demand faster, safer and more compliant data services. The agreement brings together e&’s international network reach, 5G capabilities and regulatory experience with Lenovo Connect’s IoT […]

Gulf banking systems remain well placed to absorb near-term shocks from the US-Iran conflict, but their credit strength is now tied closely to whether the ceasefire holds and whether the Strait of Hormuz returns fully to dependable commercial use. Fitch Ratings says the durability of the truce between Washington and Tehran will be central to the outlook for banks across the Gulf Cooperation Council, where lenders entered […]

Dubai’s virtual asset sector has reached a fresh regulatory marker after the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority issued its 50th Virtual Asset Service Provider licence to Tribe Tokenisation FZE, strengthening the emirate’s push to build a supervised digital-finance industry. The licence, recorded on VARA’s public register as VL/26/06/002 and issued on 22 June 2026, authorises Tribe Tokenisation FZE for broker-dealer services. Its addition takes the number of active […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi has launched a maritime investment guide aimed at drawing global companies, entrepreneurs and specialist service providers into the emirate’s expanding ports, logistics and shipping ecosystem. The guide, titled Abu Dhabi’s Compass for Maritime Businesses: Your Gateway to Global Opportunity, has been introduced by Maritime Hub Abu Dhabi, the sector collaboration platform operated by Abu Dhabi Maritime and led by the Integrated […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Reports that Washington may scale back its troop presence in Saudi Arabia have sharpened scrutiny of a defence relationship that has long underpinned Gulf security, after Riyadh resisted the use of its bases and airspace for operations tied to the Strait of Hormuz during heightened confrontation with Iran. The episode has exposed a difficult shift in one of the region’s most consequential partnerships. […]

Metaplanet has added 2,823 Bitcoin to its corporate treasury, taking its total holdings to 43,000 BTC and deepening its position among the world’s largest listed corporate holders of the digital asset. The Tokyo-listed company’s latest acquisition is valued at about $170 million at current market prices, while its total Bitcoin reserve is worth roughly $2.58 billion. The purchase extends a rapid accumulation strategy that has transformed the […]

Private foreign investment in Saudi Arabia’s private markets reached SR20 billion in 2025, making overseas capital a dominant force in the Kingdom’s fast-expanding private investment landscape as reforms, larger deal pipelines and stronger exit prospects draw more global fund managers to Riyadh. The Saudi Venture Capital Company said foreign inflows accounted for about 60 per cent of total private investments last year, putting the overall market near […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai SolitAir has launched its first flight to Sofia, Bulgaria, opening the Dubai-based cargo carrier’s first operational route into Europe and extending its network beyond the Global South as it seeks a larger role in time-sensitive regional freight. The service marks a new phase for the airport-to-airport cargo airline, which is based at Dubai World Central and has built its early network around underserved […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Washington and Tehran have used a new round of indirect talks in Doha to move from crisis management towards implementation of a preliminary understanding that has lowered fears of a wider Gulf confrontation but left major disputes unresolved. The discussions, hosted by Qatar with Pakistani mediation, began on Tuesday night and continued on Wednesday in separate sessions involving senior negotiators and technical experts. […]

Investors heading into the second half of 2026 face an uncomfortable reality: the global economy is changing faster than many portfolios are adapting to it. The forces reshaping markets today are structural. AI is triggering one of the largest capital investment booms in modern history. Digital assets have crossed into mainstream finance. Meanwhile, geopolitical conflict, sovereign debt and valuation risk continue to create significant uncertainty. As the […]

Kuwait has opened a $4.25 billion three-year term loan to a wider group of lenders, using the Kuwait Investment Authority as borrower on behalf of the Ministry of Finance in a transaction that underlines the Gulf state’s broader return to international financing markets. The facility has moved into general syndication after a group of major international banks was appointed to lead the deal. Mizuho Bank, HSBC, Standard […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai’s property boom is giving way to a more measured investment cycle as buyers shift attention from quick capital gains to developer strength, delivery quality and long-term asset performance. A new investor confidence survey points to a market that remains broadly optimistic about Dubai’s prospects but less willing to chase rapid price appreciation after a long rally. The findings suggest that investors are […]

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai US negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff held what Washington described as positive discussions with regional leaders in Qatar, while technical contacts with Iran moved ahead through mediators as both sides sought to preserve a fragile ceasefire and turn a temporary truce into a wider settlement. The Doha meetings form part of an indirect negotiating track designed to reduce the risk of renewed […]

Nearly 1,700 British investors have taken Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao to London’s High Court, seeking at least £150 million in damages over allegations that the crypto trading platform unlawfully sold them high-risk derivative products without regulatory authorisation. The claim, filed on Monday, marks one of the largest private actions brought in Britain against a global crypto exchange. The investors allege that Binance entities promoted and […]

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