This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Asia continues to 
command global investor attention, with Hong Kong firmly positioned as a 
strategic gateway to China-related markets and cross-border capital flows. 
Against this backdrop, the 4th HED Conference of Asia Hong Kong, hosted by 
Finfo Global, will take place in Hong Kong on 19 […]

The 4th HED Conference of Asia to Convene Global Institutional Investors in Hong Kong in March 2026

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Ripple has secured a new strategic partnership in the United Arab Emirates 
(UAE) as the country continues to position itself as a regional hub for 
digital assets and blockchain innovation. The company announced on Tuesday 
that it is expanding its relationship with Zand, a UAE‑based digital bank 
built around artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology, to 
support the development of the digital economy through stablecoins and 
distributed ledger solutions. Expanded Ripple And Zand Deal Under the 
collaboration, Zand and Ripple will work together on a range of initiatives 
centered on Zand’s UAE dirham‑backed stablecoin, AEDZ, and Ripple’s US dollar 
stablecoin, RLUSD. According to both parties, the goal is to create new 
infrastructure and use cases that connect traditional financial services with 
on-chain systems within a regulated environment. Related Reading: Bernstein 
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Merrick, Ripple’s managing director for the Middle East and Africa, said in a 
social media post that the agreement builds on an earlier payments partnership 
between the two firms. He explained that Ripple and Zand are now expanding 
their cooperation to explore several areas, including support for RLUSD within 
Zand’s regulated digital asset custody platform, as well as direct liquidity 
solutions between RLUSD and AEDZ. XRPL Deployment In The UAE According to the 
official statement, the expanded partnership will also focus on examining the 
feasibility of seamless liquidity between the two stablecoins and issuing AEDZ 
on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). Any deployment on XRPL would be accompanied by 
appropriate compliance standards, monitoring tools, and risk management 
controls, the companies said. Related Reading: Strategy Expands Bitcoin 
Holdings With $90M Purchase, Bitmine Follows With ETH Zand’s Chief Executive 
Officer, Michael Chan, said the bank views stablecoins, blockchain technology, 
and tokenization as key building blocks as traditional finance increasingly 
moves on-chain. He described the partnership with Ripple as an important 
milestone for the growth of the digital asset ecosystem in the UAE, adding 
that it could reshape how governments and businesses interact with secure and 
trusted blockchain‑based solutions. At the time of writing, XRP was trading at 
$1.40. It has registered major losses of 26% and 33% over the past fourteen 
and thirty days, respectively. This positions the fifth-largest cryptocurrency 
61% below its all-time high of $3.65. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from 
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Ripple Wins Key UAE Bank Partnership To Support Digital Asset Infrastructure

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State Street argues the US dollar could fall to multi-year lows if the Fed 
cuts rates more aggressively, a scenario that could shift capital toward 
Bitcoin and risk assets.

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