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UAE Institutional Leaders Convene in Abu Dhabi as Digital Asset Strategy Accelerates Across Global Finance

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Global banks, asset managers, regulators and sovereign-backed institutions gather for the inaugural Digital Assets Forum Abu Dhabi (DAFME 1), reinforcing the UAE’s emergence as a global hub for institutional digital finance

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — May 13, 2026

Senior leaders from global finance, digital asset infrastructure, and regulatory institutions will convene in Abu Dhabi on May 13, 2026, for the inaugural Digital Assets Forum Abu Dhabi (DAFME 1) — a new institutional gathering focused on the accelerating integration of digital assets into regulated financial markets.

The launch of DAFME 1 comes at a defining moment for institutional adoption across the Gulf region. The Middle East and North Africa has rapidly emerged as one of the fastest-growing digital asset markets worldwide, supported by sovereign investment strategies, regulatory clarity, and large-scale financial innovation initiatives led by the United Arab Emirates.

As global financial institutions increasingly seek regulated environments for digital asset deployment, the UAE has positioned itself at the intersection of capital formation, technological infrastructure, and forward-looking policymaking.

Following three successful institutional editions of Digital Assets Forum in London — bringing together nearly 2,000 senior executives from banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and market infrastructure providers — the forum expands into Abu Dhabi amid growing global capital migration toward the region.

“Across our London editions, we have seen how regulatory certainty directly unlocks institutional participation,” said Victoria Gago, Co-Founder of Digital Assets Forum.
“What is taking place in Abu Dhabi and across the Gulf represents a structural shift in global finance. Capital formation, infrastructure development, and policy leadership are increasingly converging here. The UAE is demonstrating how governments and financial institutions can actively shape the future architecture of digital markets.”

Institutional Leadership and Confirmed Speakers

Confirmed institutional participants include senior executives from regulators, investment firms, custodians, and global digital asset platforms:

  • Christoph Richter, Head of Digital Assets & AI — ADGM
  • Sebastian Widmann, Head of Dubai — Komainu
  • Karl Naim, Group Chief Commercial Officer — XBTO Middle East
  • Yan Ma, Executive Director — Spartan Group
  • Catrina Wang, General Partner — Portal Ventures
  • Elliot Andrews, CEO — Aspen Digital
  • Rachel Conlan, Global Chief Marketing Officer — Binance

Additional institutional speakers and sovereign ecosystem participants will be announced in the coming weeks.

Backed by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)

DAFME 1 is backed by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and will take place within Abu Dhabi’s international financial centre ecosystem.

Through its Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), ADGM has established one of the world’s most comprehensive regulatory frameworks for virtual assets, providing structured licensing regimes for exchanges, custodians, asset managers, brokers, and institutional infrastructure providers.

The UAE’s broader national strategy — spanning central bank digital currency initiatives, tokenisation programmes, and public-private innovation partnerships — reinforces the country’s ambition to become a global capital marketplace connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Sovereign wealth funds, regional banking groups, and institutional allocators across the region are actively evaluating:

  • Tokenised real-world assets (RWA)
  • Stablecoin and payment infrastructure
  • Institutional digital asset funds
  • Regulated custody and market infrastructure

—all within a government-supported and compliance-driven framework.

Key Institutional Themes

Digital Assets Forum Abu Dhabi will examine the strategic questions shaping institutional markets, including:

  • UAE digital asset regulation in a global context
  • Institutional portfolio allocation and alpha generation
  • Stablecoins, payments, and CBDC developments
  • Integration between traditional finance (TradFi) and DeFi
  • Real-world asset tokenisation
  • The evolution of crypto ETFs
  • Liquidity, custody, and market infrastructure
  • Institutional risk and governance frameworks

A Curated, Outcome-Driven Institutional Format

Digital Assets Forum Abu Dhabi is designed as a highly curated executive-level environment focused on decision-makers rather than retail participation.

The programme includes:

  • Institutional main-stage discussions
  • Closed-door executive sessions
  • Dedicated 1:1 meeting areas
  • Private briefing and partnership rooms

The forum’s objective is clear: institutional alignment, capital deployment, and infrastructure coordination for 2026 and beyond.

About Digital Assets Forum

Digital Assets Forum is a global institutional event series connecting traditional financial markets with digital asset innovation.

The Abu Dhabi edition marks the forum’s expansion into the Middle East following established editions in London.

The series is organised by the European Blockchain Convention, launched in Barcelona in 2018, now recognised as one of Europe’s leading platforms bringing together financial institutions, policymakers, and infrastructure providers advancing blockchain adoption in mainstream finance.

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Bridge Solana With No KYC and Low Fees On moove.xyz

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moove.xyz, the rapidly growing Web3 fintech platform built for the permissionless and effortless movement of value, announces its key product, Moove Swap (https://www.moove.xyz/swap), which enables users to bridge digital assets to and from Solana across 30+ chains with no KYC, low fees, and fast, non‑custodial settlement. Designed for simplicity and efficiency, moove.xyz allows anyone to move assets across blockchains without accounts, logins, or identity verification, making cross‑chain transfers as seamless as native transactions.

Hong Kong S.A.R., 16th Apr 2026 – As Solana continues to gain adoption for payments, DeFi, and consumer applications, users increasingly require reliable and affordable ways to move value across chains. However, many existing bridge solutions introduce friction through high fees, slow settlement, custodial risk, or complex user flows. moove.xyz addresses these challenges by integrating Solana bridging directly into its broader Web3 fintech infrastructure, abstracting away technical complexity while preserving full self‑custody and decentralisation for every transaction.

“Our mission at moove.xyz has always been to remove friction from the movement of digital value,” said moove.xyz in an official statement. “Bridging Solana should not require custodians, complex interfaces, or identity checks. With moove.xyz, users can bridge assets to and from Solana instantly, at low cost, and with zero KYC — all while maintaining complete control over their funds. This is a key step toward unifying fragmented blockchains into one seamless financial layer.”

moove.xyz’s Solana bridge (https://www.moove.xyz/bridge/solana/ethereum) is powered by integrated cross‑chain routing and optimised settlement logic, automatically selecting the most efficient pathway to minimise fees and latency. Supporting 16,000+ cryptocurrencies across 30+ blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, Base, Avalanche, Optimism, and Polygon, the platform enables consistent and predictable cross‑chain transfers without compromising security. All transactions remain fully non‑custodial, and no personal data is ever collected, ensuring open and permissionless access to global users.

As the Web3 ecosystem accelerates toward a multi‑chain future, efficient and trustworthy asset movement between networks is becoming critical infrastructure. moove.xyz is positioning itself at the forefront of this evolution by making Solana bridging simple, affordable, and permissionless by design. Looking ahead, the platform will continue expanding cross‑chain support and optimised routing, while advancing the Moove App to deliver seamless payments, transfers, swapping and bridging from a single mobile interface — empowering millions, and eventually billions, with effortless access to permissionless finance.

About moove.xyz

moove.xyz is a global Web3 fintech platform built for the permissionless and effortless movement of value. We empower businesses and consumers anywhere to send, receive, stake, and swap any cryptocurrencies across any blockchains — all in one single platform.

We are one of the first Web3 fintech companies globally to innovate and build a full-stack crypto payments and decentralised finance infrastructure, enabling an integrated and comprehensive coverage across multi-chain wallet access, personalised wallet handles, cross-chain token swaps, embedded cross-chain transactions and a decentralised social financial network. Our key products include Moove Profile, Moove Send, Moove Receive, Moove Stake, Moove Swap, Moove Rewards, Moove Discover and more.

Our mission is simple — to create and distribute permissionless and effortless financial technology for the next 1 billion Web3 users. We fundamentally believe that the future of the movement of money and value shall be costless, borderless, permissionless, effortless, and built for everyone — and we’re building the ultimate Web3 fintech platform to make that future real.

Your money. Your move.

Website: https://moove.xyz
 

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CaoCao: Asset Management to Decide Autonomous Driving Race, Targets 100k Driverless Cars by 2030

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Hongzhou, China, 16th Apr 2026 – As competition in China’s robotaxi sector intensifies, CaoCao(02643.HK), the ride-hailing platform backed by Geely Holding, is striving to become a top-tier industry operator. In a recent exclusive interview, Gong Xin, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, disclosed that CaoCao aims to deploy 100,000 autonomous vehicles by 2030, enhancing operational efficiency through end-to-end control over vehicles, technology and operations.

Gong Xin believes the future of robotaxis hinges on an asset management model built around the closed loop of “vehicle manufacturing, autonomous driving technology and fleet operations”. CaoCao’s initial fleet of 100 autonomous robotaxis has been put into service in Hangzhou at the end of 2025. The company plans to achieve fully driverless operations this year, whereas most autonomous vehicles in China still require human safety supervisors. On April 1, CaoCao received approval to conduct unmanned road tests in Hangzhou, becoming the first company to obtain such a permit in the city.

At the core of CaoCao’s strategy is a fully purpose-built robotaxi developed over the past two years. Engineered from scratch for autonomous driving with highly integrated software and hardware, the model is scheduled to debut this year and enter mass production in the first half of 2027. To support its operations, the company is upgrading Geely’s battery-swapping network to build “Green Intelligent Mobility Hubs”, which will act as docking and maintenance stations for robotaxis and reserve space for future eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft. CaoCao plans to roll out these hubs across five to six Chinese cities this year.

Gong Xin noted that asset management capability underpins cost control and operational efficiency, helping the company record its first quarterly profit in the fourth quarter of 2025. “The essence of robotaxis in the future is the asset management business model. What we care about most is whether the overall total TCO (cost of ownership) is low enough.”

For overseas expansion, CaoCao has positioned the Middle East as its key hub. The company signed an agreement last November to deploy robotaxis in Abu Dhabi and establish a regional office. Gong Xin revealed that the vehicles are expected to hit the road by the end of this year, and the company’s asset management model can be rapidly replicated in suitable markets.

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Macmillan Lawyers and Advisors Explains Personal Bankruptcy Legal Options in Brisbane

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Australia, 16th Apr 2026 – Macmillan Lawyers and Advisors, a respected and well-established legal advisory firm, has released an overview of personal bankruptcy legal options available to individuals in Brisbane, outlining key processes, considerations and potential outcomes under Australian law. The announcement reflects a continued focus on providing clear legal information to individuals navigating financial distress and seeking structured pathways towards resolution.

Personal bankruptcy remains a formal legal process governed by federal legislation, offering individuals relief from overwhelming debt while imposing certain obligations and restrictions. According to the firm, understanding the available options prior to initiating bankruptcy proceedings is critical, as alternative arrangements may be more suitable depending on individual circumstances. These alternatives can include debt agreements, personal insolvency agreements or informal negotiations with creditors.

The firm highlighted that bankruptcy is not a uniform solution and carries consequences such as impacts on credit records, potential loss of assets and limitations on financial activities. Individuals considering bankruptcy must also meet eligibility criteria and follow specific procedural steps, including submitting a debtor’s petition and statement of affairs to the Australian Financial Security Authority.

Kyle Macmillan, Principal of Macmillan Lawyers and Advisors, commented on the importance of informed decision-making in these situations. “Personal bankruptcy is a significant legal step that can provide relief from unmanageable debt, but it also introduces long-term implications that must be carefully assessed,” said Macmillan. “A clear understanding of available legal options allows individuals to make decisions based on their financial position, obligations and future stability.”

The firm’s guidance outlines the typical duration of bankruptcy, which is generally three years and one day, as well as the responsibilities placed on bankrupt individuals during that period. These responsibilities may include making compulsory payments if income exceeds a certain threshold, cooperating with a trustee and disclosing financial information. In addition, restrictions may apply to overseas travel and business activities.

Macmillan Lawyers and Advisors also noted that bankruptcy may not extinguish all forms of debt. Certain liabilities, such as court-imposed fines, child support obligations and some student debts, may remain enforceable despite the declaration of bankruptcy. As such, a comprehensive review of financial obligations is recommended before proceeding.

In Brisbane, economic conditions and cost-of-living pressures have contributed to increased enquiries regarding insolvency options. Legal professionals have observed that individuals are seeking clarity on both the legal framework and practical implications of bankruptcy. The firm emphasised that early legal consultation can assist in identifying appropriate strategies and avoiding unnecessary financial or legal complications.

In addition to explaining bankruptcy procedures, the firm has provided information on creditor-initiated bankruptcy, which may occur when a creditor seeks a court order to declare an individual bankrupt due to unpaid debts. This process differs from voluntary bankruptcy and involves additional legal steps, including the issuance of a bankruptcy notice and creditor’s petition.

Macmillan Lawyers and Advisors reiterated the importance of professional legal advice in navigating both voluntary and creditor-initiated bankruptcy processes. Legal practitioners can assist in evaluating documentation, communicating with creditors and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.

Looking ahead, the firm indicated that ongoing changes in economic conditions may continue to shape the demand for insolvency-related legal services. Macmillan noted that the legal landscape surrounding personal bankruptcy is likely to evolve alongside broader financial trends. “Future developments in insolvency law and economic conditions may influence how individuals approach financial recovery,” Macmillan said. “Continued access to accurate legal information and professional guidance will remain essential in supporting individuals through these transitions.”

Macmillan Lawyers and Advisors provides legal services across a range of practice areas, including business setup and protection, dispute resolution, contract law, commercial law, intellectual property, and insolvency matters. The firm’s Brisbane office serves individuals and businesses seeking legal clarity in complex financial situations.

For further information, contact Macmillan Lawyers and Advisors, a Personal Bankruptcy Lawyer Brisbane, at (07) 3518 8030 or via email at admin@macmillan.law. The office is located at Level 38/71 Eagle Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000.

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