The new rails of trades
In collaboration with the DMCC Crypto Centre, The New Rails of Trade is an invitation-only session host ed by ARP Digital at the DMCC Centre. It brings Dubai’s trade hub, the regulator, a leading stablecoin issuer and a licensed settlement provider onto one stage to examine how commodity-trade settlement is being rebuilt.
Dubai set the global standard for how commodities are traded and stored, yet the payment leg still runs on correspondent banking, a chain of intermediaries, cut-off times and value dates built for a slower era. Regulated stablecoin settlement now moves value same-day, at a fraction of the cost, with a documented trail banks, auditors and counterparties accept.
Across a keynote, a moderated panel and open Q&A, speakers translate that shift into practical terms for desks in gold, diamonds, energy and metals: what is permitted, where it already works, and what a desk needs before moving its first ticket.
Panelists
Belal Jassoma | Senior Director of Tech Ecosystems at DMCC
Sean McHugh | Market Assurance & Licensing at VARA
Abdulla Kanoo | Co-CEO & Co-founder at ARP Digital
Sherif Sanad | Ecosystem Builder at Tether