Binance Blockchain Week points to Dubai as a leading crypto hub

Beincrypto reported that Binance Blockchain Week (BBW) in Dubai signalled a shift in the industry’s centre of gravity, portraying the city as a major hub for what some participants called the “4th Technology Revolution.” The coverage highlighted three dominant narratives at BBW: the rise of real‑world assets (RWA) and institutional integration, the pairing of AI and Web3 for data provenance and decentralized compute, and the move from base‑layer competition to Layer‑2s and modular execution.

Sentiment at the event was described as “soberly bullish,” with networking — often on Dubai Marina yachts — turning into immediate corridor capital flows from Middle Eastern family offices into DeFi 2.0 and Bitcoin‑native staking projects. Regulators such as VARA were portrayed as partners rather than adversaries, giving global institutions greater confidence to engage.

The report quoted Fernando Lillo Aranda, Marketing Director at Zoomex, saying: "I agree that Dubai is taking the position to be one of the top 3 hubs worldwide for every company involved in the blockchain ecosystem." Griffin Ardern, Head of BloFin Research & Options Desk, emphasised the UAE’s friendliness to crypto and offshore finance and pointed to the arrival of large hedge funds — including Man Group, Brevan Howard, Millennium, and Point72 — as further evidence of institutional gravity.

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Crypto, Binance Blockchain Week, Dubai, Real-world Assets, Vara, Zoomex