Cryptocurrency

Crypto crossroad: the Middle East faces a digital dilemma

There are vastly different approaches to digital assets across the region, with some still reticent to embrace a $4tn industry

Sharif Mohammad 30 September 2025

Nash Weerasekera

The future of Crypto? From $TRUMP tokens to a quantum race

Digital currencies like Bitcoin face new challenges, while countries' regulators either seem to love them or loathe them. In Part 2 of a two-part series, Al Majalla asks: will it be boom or bust?

Khaled Kassar 13 February 2025

Adrian Astorgano

Crypto's wild ride: From boundless prosperity to the brink of collapse

The currencies now have a fan in the White House. His promise of more regulatory flexibility has fuelled investor appetite and sent the price soaring. In Part 1 of a two-part series, we ask: what now?

Khaled Kassar 12 February 2025

Diana Estefanía Rubio

Cryptocurrency markets see uptick in investor confidence

As of 2024, global cryptocurrency ownership is estimated at an average of 6.8% of the world population, with over 560 million people owning cryptocurrency, according to Triple-A, a cryptocurrency…

Al Majalla - London 24 December 2024

Cryptocurrency investors still trust it as a leading way to decentralise finance

Axel Rangel Garcia

Cryptocurrencies hit by volatility but investors keep the faith

Investors in the digital alternative to traditional money continue to trust Bitcoin and its rivals a leading way to decentralise finance

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 22 July 2024

This is the story of the high-flying crypto king and the collapse of the empire he built.

Axel Rangel Garcia

Sam Bankman-Fried’s $16 billion-foot fall from grace

This is the story of the high-flying crypto king and the collapse of the empire he built

Khaled Kassar 02 February 2023

A representation of bitcoin is seen in an illustration picture taken on June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Bitcoin Climbs Above $20,000 First Time in Over Two Months

Bitcoin rose on Saturday above $20,000 for first time in over two months. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, rose 4.6% to $20,853 at 01:01 GMT on Saturday, adding $922 to…

14 January 2023

A representations of cryptocurrencies in this illustration taken, January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Hong Kong Set to Shortlist Crypto Tokens for Retail Trading

Hong Kong securities watchdog will propose a subset of tokens it would allow for retail investors' trading, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as it presses on with a new regulatory regime that…

11 January 2023

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in The Bahamas

The former CEO of failed cryptocurrency firm FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government, U.S. and Bahamian authorities said Monday. The arrest…

AP 13 December 2022

Illustration of the Chinese yuan, February 2022. (Florence Lo / Reuters)

Can China Conquer Crypto?

Ever since Bitcoin exploded onto markets, governments around the world have been exploring how to digitize their currencies. A total of 87 countries representing over 90 percent of global GDP are…

Darrell Duffie 29 April 2022

Popular
Editor's Pick

Nesma Moharam

Politics

Two years after October 7

06 October 2025

Al Majalla examines the repercussions of Hamas's attack on Israel, which set into motion a series of significant changes and power shifts in the Middle East

Al Majalla - London

Al Majalla

Politics

Ilham Ahmed on negotiating Syria’s future

02 October 2025

In a wide-ranging sitdown interview with Al Majalla, AANES Foreign Affairs Chief Ilham Ahmed lays out the lingering points of contention with Damascus and the way forward

Ibrahim Hamidi

Al Majalla

Politics

Allies' anger over Gaza tests US support for Israel

03 October 2025

Trump may be willing to accept global isolation to keep supporting Israel, but at some point, he may conclude that he isn't getting enough from Netanyahu in return

Christopher Phillips

Al Majalla

Business & Economy

Med market? Europe eyes closer trade with North Africa

01 October 2025

After being hit by tariffs from its Washington ally, Brussels is seeking to diversify its business partners. Across the Mediterranean Sea, states offer labour, materials, and markets

Mohamed Sharki

supplied

Culture & Social Affairs

Palestinian artist breathes life and meaning into Jaffa’s shoreline shards

03 October 2025

Mohammad Qundus uses the fragments of former lives in his latest exhibition that seeks to reaffirm the Palestinian presence of today and its connection to the past

Houssam Marouf

Sections

Regions

More

LATEST ISSUE

Crypto crossroad: the Middle East faces a digital dilemma

The future of Crypto? From $TRUMP tokens to a quantum race

Crypto's wild ride: From boundless prosperity to the brink of collapse

Cryptocurrency markets see uptick in investor confidence

Cryptocurrencies hit by volatility but investors keep the faith

Sam Bankman-Fried’s $16 billion-foot fall from grace

Bitcoin Climbs Above $20,000 First Time in Over Two Months

Hong Kong Set to Shortlist Crypto Tokens for Retail Trading

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in The Bahamas

Can China Conquer Crypto?

Two years after October 7

Ilham Ahmed on negotiating Syria’s future

Allies' anger over Gaza tests US support for Israel

Med market? Europe eyes closer trade with North Africa

Palestinian artist breathes life and meaning into Jaffa’s shoreline shards

OPINIONS

Two years after October 7

Two years after October 7: a region between disorder and transition

October 7th's long shadow

The Middle East after October 7: a new map and a major loser

Cryptocurrency

Sign up for the Weekly Newsletter