Dubai Government Licensing Entity Now Accepts Bitcoin for Payments
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Dubai Government Licensing Entity Now Accepts Bitcoin for Payments

THELOGICALINDIAN - A governmentowned article in Dubai has started accepting bitcoin ether and binding as acquittal for its casework according to bounded media reports

Kiklabb is a chargeless barter area that helps companies set up boutique in Dubai, a affluent burghal and emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Kiklabb issues barter and added licenses as able-bodied as processes visas.

The article additionally leases appointment amplitude to its barter on-board the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner anchored at Port Rashid in Dubai. Payments for these and added casework can now be fabricated in bitcoin (BTC), the Gulf News reported on Feb. 16.

Tasawar Ulhaq, arch controlling administrator of Kiklabb, said the accommodation was fabricated in acknowledgment to a “growing absorption in cryptocurrency with several barter in blockchain and fintech (financial technology) sectors.”

He acclaimed that crypto-based payments accustomed for added accessibility for all-around entrepreneurs attractive to alpha a business in the UAE. “It absolutely was aloof a amount of time afore we accustomed bitcoin, ethereum, and tether. Cryptocurrencies are the acquittal adjustment of the future,” said Ulhaq.

Kiklabb formed with bearding “international ally for acquittal processing of cryptocurrency transactions.” The CEO believes added government departments will chase in his footsteps.

“We’re the aboriginal government endemic licensing article in the UAE to acquire cryptocurrency payments – and absolutely not the last. With the technology rapidly accepting absorption beyond the Middle East, I’m acquisitive to see how it changes the way we do business in the abreast future,” Ulhaq stated.

The UAE is planning to use blockchain technology for 50% of government affairs this year. The Dubai Future Foundation estimates that the country could save added than $3 billion through blockchain and cryptocurrency use, per the Gulf News report.

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