Emirates Integrates Crypto.com Pay for UAE Residents Booking Flights

Traveler at Emirates checkout paying with Crypto.com Pay; phone shows Crypto.com app and a visible QR code.

Emirates has activated Crypto.com Pay on its website and mobile application, allowing eligible United Arab Emirates residents to fund flight bookings with digital assets held in their Crypto.com accounts. The payment option is live only for reservations priced and settled in UAE dirhams, limiting the initial rollout to a defined domestic customer segment rather than […]

UAE Free Zone Launches On-Chain Business Identity System

Business professional at a desk with a blockchain identity display illustrating on-chain company IDs in Innovation City.

Innovation City, the UAE free zone in Ras Al Khaimah, launched a blockchain-based digital business identity system, giving every registered company a cryptographically verifiable identity on-chain. Built on IOPn’s OPN Chain, the system replaces static business licenses with immutable, “soul-bound” digital records designed to support near-real-time verification by banks, regulators and commercial partners.