Episode 55-Decrypting MENA’s Crypto Surge

In episode 55, we’re joined by Alex Chehade, a finance and crypto veteran with over two decades of experience. 

His experience includes market-making in traditional finance to leading Binance FZE in Dubai. 

As the Middle East cements its status as a global crypto hub, Alex is focused on bridging the gap between traditional finance and DeFi—making digital assets more accessible, compliant, and user-friendly.

In this episode, we covered several topics including:

• The future of crypto adoption, 
• Regulatory challenges
• What’s next for the crypto industry in the MENA region

Alex's Twitter-AlexCrypto42

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Intro theme song-Arab and Muslim by StockMusic via Pixabay

Chapters

• 1:11 Beginning of discussion
• 2:00 Alex's background
• 9:19 Discovering Bitcoin
• 11:45 Is crypto a currency or asset?
• 14:01 Working at Binance
• 20:42 Marketing in crypto
• 22:22 Interacting with CZ
• 23:54 Living through FTX collapse
• 28:11 GFC vs 2022 crypto market
• 31:21 Post Binance life
• 34:23 Crypto development in UAE
• 38:06 Use of crypto day-to-day
• 40:22 Gulf countries' ecosystems
• 42:40 Other digital assets
• 44:54 NFTs
• 47:48 CBDCs
• 51:03 Syria adopting Bitcoin
• 55:54 Crypto vs gold
• 59:44 US and crypto
• 1:02:23 Bitcoin prices
• 1:06:01 Upcoming projects
• 1:08:00 Social media