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The U.S. and UK have released a joint 10-recommendation roadmap to reduce cross-border friction for tokenized securities, stablecoins, and digital money. For ADGM, VARA, and the CBUAE, this transatlantic alignment is the most consequential regulatory signal of 2026.

DTCC, which safeguards more than $114 trillion in securities, completed its first live tokenized securities trades with JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Vanguard. For institutional investors and financial institutions across the UAE and GCC, this signals that blockchain-based settlement infrastructure has moved from pilot to production. MENA Blockchain Week brings together the institutions, regulators, and technology providers navigating this shift across the reg