The Middle East, in recent times, has emerged among crypto-progressive regions internationally — with countries like the UAE taking active measures to regulate the digital assets industry. In its latest analysis, digital assets infrastructure provider Fuze said that the Middle East could churn billions by continuing its exploration of Web3 offerings like tokenization of real world assets.
RWA tokenization of assets like real estate and commodities could fetch up to $600 billion for the Middle East by 2030. Fuze said, while the UAE is leading charge on the crypto front, Saudi Arabia is set to become a haven for tokenization initiatives stemming in the Middle East.
“Regulations are developing at pace, the infrastructure is ready and mass adoption amongst enterprises and consumers is imminent. We’re no longer at the countdown phase to what is possible, the rocket has left the launchpad,” Fuze CEO Mo Ali Yusuf said, commenting on the development.
The crypto culture has already picked pace in the region, Fuze said claiming that yearly, crypto transactions in the Middle East have hit the mark of $500 billion already.
In the next leg of its digital assets exploration, the Middle East is most likely to shift its focus to stablecoins. Fuze’s analysis showed that stablecoin transfers could be an effective way to deposit remittances. By 2030, between seven to 15 percent of remittance transfers from the Middle East will be through stablecoins.
“Typically, global remittance averages are between five to six percent of transfers, however stablecoins reduce costs down to one percent or lower. In addition, traditional remittance via fiat rails can take days, while stablecoin transfers can be done 24/7 in close to real-time,” the report highlighted.
Citing findings by accounting mammoth PwC, Fuze said that businesses providing s stablecoin-linked financial services in the Gulf Cooperation Counci (GCC) could be looking at a 32 percent growth on a yearly basis. The GCC comprises of — Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.
“Over 2026, businesses and consumers will experience a transformation in the way they move money, propelled by virtual assets.These systems will be faster, cheaper and more convenient than ever before. It is why we are so bullish about the future of finance in the region,” Yusuf noted.
Founded in December 2022 and headquartered in Dubai, Fuze explains itself as a Digital-Assets-as-a-Service infrastructure platform that allows banks and fintechs to embed regulated digital assets products in a B2B2C ecosystem.
It is among a number of Web3 firms that that have set up shop in the UAE, given the country’s regulatory clarity around the digital assets sector. BlackRock, touted among the largest wealth management firms in the world, is also curating a UAE-focussed plan stitched around stablecoins and tokenization.
In November 2025, The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) signed an MoU with Binance to offer crypto-as-a-service (CaaS) in the Middle East region.