- The second annual ZIGChain Summit in Dubai highlighted the shift from exploration to execution in onchain finance, uniting institutions, builders, and regulators.
- Significant partnerships were highlighted, including a strategic alliance with Beehive to explore tokenizing UAE SME credit, according to reports.
- The event underscored the UAE’s regulatory advantage, with frameworks from VARA, DFSA, and FSRA enabling confident institutional adoption.
- ZIGChain positions itself as key infrastructure for bringing regulated, institutional-grade investment products onchain at scale.
On May 5, 2026, ZIGChain reflected on its defining second annual summit, held in Dubai to solidify the future of onchain finance. The event, organized with Disrupt and streamed on Cointelegraph, convened global institutions and regulators under the theme “Nothing Compounds Alone.”
Consequently, each session functioned as a mechanism for aligning capital, technology, and regulation. The programme covered the ecosystem’s full evolution from foundational infrastructure to tokenization and capital markets.
An event built for execution featured consequential voices from firms like Circle and Laser Digital. However, what truly distinguished the room was the shared intent of every participant to deploy capital, build protocols, or design regulation.
“ZIGChain exists because wealth at scale doesn’t happen in isolation,” said Co-Founder Abdul Rafay Gadit. He emphasized that partnerships, infrastructure, and capital must move together within a compounding ecosystem.
Ecosystem momentum was on full display following recent strategic activity. Meanwhile, the protocol Valdora Finance also deployed on the network to offer liquid access to real-world asset yields.
The UAE’s position as the world’s onchain capital was a recurring summit theme. Its progressive multi-regulator approach has created ideal conditions for institutional capital to move onchain with confidence.
ZIGChain provides the infrastructure for institutions to launch compliant financial products onchain. Learn more at zigchain.com.
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