SwapSpace Heads to Istanbul Blockchain Week as MENA Crypto Volume Hits $200B

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Grassroots economic cooperation counters the narrative of intractable conflict, potentially laying groundwork for future blockchain-based cross-border payment corridors. However, it's dwarfed by dominant market drivers: US regulatory uncertainty and Bitcoin's upcoming ETF expiration cycle which accounts for 73% of current trading volume.

Arab and Jewish entrepreneurs are forming cross-border partnerships amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Arab-Jewish Partnerships Sideline Bitcoin for Stablecoins Amid Conflict

This cross-border cooperation actually validates crypto's irrelevance in conflict zones, as entrepreneurs avoid volatile assets for critical transactions despite market hype.