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MENA Stablecoin Briefing

A regional digest focused on licensing, remittances, settlement hubs, and FX access.

Edition: Gulf states, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, and North Africa
Last rebuilt: As of 2026-10-14 17:08 UTC
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Zodia Custody’s ADGM Unit Can Now Hold Digital Securities

Zodia Custody can now provide custody of digital securities in ADGM after the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) expanded its subsidiary’s permission. The firm will initially focus on tokenised money markets as it moves into tokenised versions of traditional securities. The FSRA approved a Variation of Permission for Tungsten Custody Solutions Limited, Zodia Custody’s regional [...] The post Zodia Custody’s ADGM Unit Can Now Hold Digital Securities appeared first on Fintech News UAE .

Reviewed Fintech News Middle East reporting on Payments and Tokenisation matters for Stablecoin payments readers.

Source trust: Standard reporting
Source: Fintech News Middle East
Coverage: 1 source
Source age: Source recent
Added to TxFlows: 2026-10-14 17:06 UTC
As of: 2026-10-14 17:08 UTC

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Payments & Adoption

Merchant, remittance, settlement, wallet, and fintech adoption signals.

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Mastercard research: UAE SMEs among global leaders in stablecoin and digital asset payments - Zawya

Mastercard research: UAE SMEs among global leaders in stablecoin and digital asset payments. Reported by Zawya and MENA Stablecoin Query Pack.

Reviewed Zawya reporting on Payments matters for Stablecoin payments readers.

Source trust: Standard reporting
Source: Zawya
Coverage: 3 sources
Source age: Background source
Added to TxFlows: 2026-09-28 19:39 UTC
Updated: 2026-10-13 19:14 UTC
As of: 2026-10-13 19:16 UTC

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The gulf states, egypt, turkey, israel, and north africa digest groups stablecoin developments by policy, issuer, payments, market structure, and local signal so readers can scan the current cycle without losing source context.

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