{"id":2635,"date":"2026-08-19T10:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=2635"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:34:15","slug":"coinbase-establishes-abu-dhabi-tokenization-hub-as-gcc-blockchain-market-flourishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=2635","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase establishes Abu Dhabi tokenization hub as GCC blockchain market flourishes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UAE-CRYPTO-CONFERENCE-e1787132131864.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based out of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the emirate\u2019s financial centre, Coinbase has been granted a license to arrange investment deals and provide custody for tokenized securities. Custody essentially means safely holding and managing the digital ownership records for assets and is therefore important for giving institutional investors confidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tokenization has been rapidly gaining momentum across traditional finance globally, with major asset managers and banks increasingly bringing funds, bonds, private credit and equities onto blockchain infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abu Dhabi has emerged as a key testing ground for this transition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ADGM\u00a0introduced one of the world\u2019s first comprehensive virtual asset regulatory frameworks back in 2018\u00a0and has since attracted a steady wave of crypto and tokenization firms looking to establish a regulated base in the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December last year,\u00a0the ADGM granted Binance,\u00a0the world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, a license to operate from the financial centre.\u00a0CoinMarketCap\u2019s June 2026 data shows\u00a0Binance\u2019s trading volume stood at $4.74 trillion\u2014equivalent to\u00a0<strong>39.5% of trading volume<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>across the 11 exchanges it tracks, well ahead of its competitors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 20 firms now hold active virtual asset licences\u00a0in the ADGM today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Coinbase, the company is betting that more of the world\u2019s financial system will eventually move onto blockchain\u2014and it wants Abu Dhabi to be at the centre of that change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCoinbase locating its international tokenisation hub in ADGM is the kind of licence that turns tokenized securities from a pilot into a market,\u201d UAE-based Adam Popat,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>CEO of SettleMint, which helps regulated institutions design, issue, and manage digital assets across the full lifecycle on one platform,\u00a0told\u00a0<em>Fortune<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen a listed U.S. exchange chooses Abu Dhabi for that work, it tells issuers and allocators that the UAE now has the regulatory depth to host global issuance, not only regional experiments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Popat relocated from London to the UAE last year to take up the CEO role, having previously served as SettleMint\u2019s CFO. Prior to that, he\u00a0led Standard Chartered\u2019s adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would say the UAE is one of the leading lights when it comes to tokenization, not just in this region, but globally,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was very obvious to us that this region was going to be one of the key drivers of the adoption of this technology; there\u2019s a confluence of factors here which are making that possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Popat highlighted the GCC\u2019s ambitious national-scale programs to digitize all aspects of the economy, its deep capital pools, and increasingly, deep pools of talent, as well as a collaborative regulatory environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s a set of ingredients which allows the digital asset agenda to move at pace here. And over the last year that I\u2019ve been here, we\u2019ve definitely seen that play out,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn terms of our client base, pipeline, partnerships\u2014a lot of it is now being driven through this region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Popat, SettleMint is currently in talks with all the large banks in the UAE which are both exploring and progressing initiatives around tokenizing equities, funds, bonds and deposits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that tokenization of gold is \u201ca very active conversation\u201d that the company is also currently having with several partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, SettleMint signed a strategic partnership with ADI Foundation to\u00a0develop a digital asset lifestyle infrastructure\u00a0on ADI Chain,\u00a0the Foundation\u2019s institutional blockchain,\u00a0supporting the tokenization of securities under the ADGM\u2019s regulatory framework.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In doing so, they seek to address a core challenge facing institutional adoption of digital assets: the need for coordinated, regulated infrastructure that connects issuance, trading, settlement, and custody within a single recognized framework.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ADI Foundation is an Abu Dhabi-based organization creating blockchain infrastructure that\u00a0aims\u00a0to bring one billion people into the digital economy by 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ADI Foundation is one of the organizations coming out of Abu Dhabi, which is building a very ambitious digital asset ecosystem that encompasses a lot of different financial institutions and corporates in the emirate,\u201d said Popat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo, they\u2019ve really bought into the opportunity of digital assets, and we were obviously delighted to have been chosen by them as their lead tokenization and digital asset lifecycle partner for their ecosystem.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July, ADI Foundation announced that\u00a0ADI Chain had secured a $50 million strategic investment, marking a major milestone for one of the region\u2019s fastest-growing institutional blockchain ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The funding is expected to support ADI Chain\u2019s international expansion across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, where governments and financial institutions are increasingly exploring blockchain infrastructure to modernize payment systems, digitize public services and support emerging digital economies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ecosystem is also seeing the rollout of\u00a0<strong>DDSC<\/strong>, a dirham-pegged stablecoin developed through a collaboration between\u00a0<strong>First Abu Dhabi Bank, International Holding Company and Sirius International Holding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UAE has also been leveraging its sovereign wealth funds to invest in tokenization.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last, month, Mubadala Capital, the asset management arm of Abu Dhabi\u2019s sovereign wealth fund,\u00a0tokenized one of its private-market investment strategies\u00a0through UAE-based infrastructure provider KAIO on blockchain including Base, with Coinbase also taking an exposure to the fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, completed its\u00a0first sovereign-native tokenized title-deed transfer\u00a0in early 2026, while the\u00a0Qatar Financial Centre is taking steps to enable real estate tokenization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a report published in January this year, global consulting firm Kearney estimated that by 2030, close to $500 billion in assets across the GCC could be represented on blockchain, comprising private markets, funds, bank deposits, public equities, real estate, and commodities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of these, it believes that private markets represent the largest tokenization opportunity for the GCC, which it estimates could reach $154 billion in market size by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The firm noted that these asset classes point to a market with significant headroom for growth\u2014one that could hold a meaningful share of the region\u2019s investable assets, reshaping how capital is issued, traded and allocated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis suggests a fundamental shift in market dynamics, and explains why governments, financial institutions, and asset managers are beefing up their digital asset strategies,\u201d it said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Coinbase #establishes #Abu #Dhabi #tokenization #hub #GCC #blockchain #market #flourishes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based out of Abu Dhabi Global &hellip; 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