Dirham Dreams & Dollar Nightmares: When UAE Challenges Uncle Sam’s Crypto Throne

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Picture, if you will, Abu Dhabi — a place where desert sands flirt brazenly with gleaming skyscrapers, and now, the financial wizards of three mighty Emirates realms—International Holding Company (IHC), ADQ, and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)—have conspired to conjure a most curious chimera: a stablecoin snugly swaddled in the velvet embrace of the UAE Dirham.

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Pushing UAE’s Fintech Vision — A Digital Camel Riding the Blockchain

Last year’s introduction of AE Coin was no mere flirtation; it was commitment. Adding to this dizzying dance, MGX’s $2 billion whirlwind investment into Binance loudly trumpets the region’s crypto bona fides.

Syed Basar Shueb, CEO of IHC, beams with pride—rightly so—at deploying blockchain sorcery to craft this new stablecoin, a vanguard heralding the next chapter in the UAE’s digital saga.

Even Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi of ADQ nods sagely, confident this craft will fortify the Emirates’ digital fortresses.

Stablecoins Off the Dollar Diet: The New International Craze

Ah, but the Emirates are not alone in this stablecoin soirée. Far away, Russia contemplates a ruble-backed stablecoin, a defiant pirouette around the US sanctions ballet.

Indeed, a global gathering of currency alchemists debates the merits of their own national digital elixirs, seeking autonomy from the colossal dollar dragon.

Yet, the data, delivered with the cold exactitude of a Citigroup report, reminds us: Uncle Sam’s stablecoins, led by the juggernaut Tether with a 90% grasp on this $230 billion market, are still the reigning monarchs, having swelled a rakish 54% since last year.

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2025-04-29 11:08