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HEADLINES:• UAE ambassador dismisses external funding claims, cites Dh7.34 trillion in assets• Trump’s Board of Peace holds Gaza reconstruction talks with UAE’s DP World• Gulf-backed SpaceX secures $60bn option to acquire AI startup CursorNewsletter: https://aug.us/4jqModrWhatsAp ...  Show more

HEADLINES:• John Ternus to Succeed Tim Cook as Apple CEO, Facing AI and Product Innovation Push• Dubai-HQed and Egypt-born Swvl is not Delisting from Nasdaq• MBZUAI Retains 80% of Graduates as UAE Bets on Talent and Stability• UK Job Cuts Surge as Iran War Hits Home After Gulf Wa ...  Show more

In this episode, I speak with Talal Tabbaa, the co-founder and COO of Jibrel; a Swiss blockchain development company building decentralized financial products on Ethereum. He is also the co-founder of CoinMENA, a regulated crypto-currency exchange and serves on the Board of Middl ...  Show more

In May 2022, the crypto ecosystem suffered a meltdown of epic proportions. Financial News is joined by Tim Grant, head of EMEA at Galaxy Digital, and Ari Redbord, head of legal and government affairs at TRM Labs, to discuss what comes next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi ...  Show more

We talk to Noor Sweid, the General Partner at Global Ventures about building a top tier Venture Capital firm in the Middle East & North Africa region. We cover her recent startup exits with e-commerce startup Mumzworld that has undergone an M&A transaction and Kitopi, a cloud kit ...  Show more

Will 2021 be remembered as the year cryptocurrency went mainstream? The blockchain-powered financial services industry drew about $30 billion in venture capital this year, more than in all previous years combined. Meanwhile, hype over a more decentralised Internet - from NFTs ...