CoinMENA Blog

Articles, Newsletters, Press Releases, and Founders' Blog

Kalam Crypto #94: Binance Guilty & CZ Steps Down
CoinMENA Team
27 Nov, 2023

Kalam Crypto #94: Binance Guilty & CZ Steps Down

This week, Binance pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay a $4.3 billion fine, CZ stepped down as CEO, and Circle expanded USDC to Japan.
Kalam Crypto #93: ETH ETF, Open AI Drama & Is Argentina the next El Salvador?
CoinMENA Team
14 Nov, 2023

Kalam Crypto #93: ETH ETF, Open AI Drama & Is Argentina the next El Salvador?

This week, BlackRock and Fidelity doubled down on crypto by filing for spot Ether ETFs, OpenAI’s CEO drama, Argentina has a new pro-bitcoin president, and JP Morgan tested tokenizing assets.
Kalam Crypto #92: SBF guilty verdict & Bitcoin miners turn trash to gold
CoinMENA Team
06 Nov, 2023

Kalam Crypto #92: SBF guilty verdict & Bitcoin miners turn trash to gold

This week, SBF is found guilty on all seven charges, Bitcoin miners turning waste into digital gold, and Michael Saylor buys more Bitcoin.
Kalam Crypto #91: Big Bitcoin Week & 15 year anniversary of the whitepaper
CoinMENA Team
30 Oct, 2023

Kalam Crypto #91: Big Bitcoin Week & 15 year anniversary of the whitepaper

This week, a big week for bitcoin, the price increased to the highest level in 18 months, the anniversary of the bitcoin whitepaper, and SBF took the stand in his trial.
Kalam Crypto #90: SBF Trial Underway & U.S. Debt Going Parabolic
CoinMENA Team
09 Oct, 2023

Kalam Crypto #90: SBF Trial Underway & U.S. Debt Going Parabolic

This week, ABC Bank in Bahrain goes live with instant blockchain payments, the SBF trial gets underway with damning accusations made by co-founder Gary Wang, Ethereum futures ETF is launched, and U.S. debt is going parabolic!
Kalam Crypto #89: Nomura Launch Bitcoin Adoption Fund & 20 USDC Prize for Users
CoinMENA Team
25 Sep, 2023

Kalam Crypto #89: Nomura Launch Bitcoin Adoption Fund & 20 USDC Prize for Users

This week, Nomura bank launched a Bitcoin Adoption Fund, Microstrategy bought more bitcoin, SBF crime family saga continues, and poetic justice for a U.S. senator who opposed El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption.
Crypto’s “Killer Application” Is Here (Kind Of)
Talal Tabbaa
Talal Tabbaa
24 Sep, 2023

Crypto’s “Killer Application” Is Here (Kind Of)

These two use cases are concrete examples of how crypto can improve people’s lives today.
Kalam Crypto #88: Citi Token Services, Deutsche Custody, 1-year Ethereum Merge
CoinMENA Team
18 Sep, 2023

Kalam Crypto #88: Citi Token Services, Deutsche Custody, 1-year Ethereum Merge

This week, Citi launched a new offering to tokenize customer deposits, Deutsche Bank announced they would custody crypto for institutional clients, we revisited the 1-year anniversary of the Ethereum Merge!
Kalam Crypto #87: Visa to settle USDC via Solana & ETH ETF application
CoinMENA Team
11 Sep, 2023

Kalam Crypto #87: Visa to settle USDC via Solana & ETH ETF application

This week, Visa expanded USDC settlement over Solana, ARK Invest filed first spot Ethereum ETF and fair value accounting rules are coming to crypto.