Report: UAE Crypto Asset Activity Grows 32% YoY to $104.8 Billion

October 27: Chainalysis's Middle East and North Africa crypto adoption report shows that from July 2025 to June 2026, the UAE's crypto asset activity grew 32% year-over-year to $104.8 billion, ranking second in the region behind Turkey's $144.5 billion. The figure measures the value of assets flowing into crypto service providers and peer-to-peer and other channels, not the market value of asset holdings.

Over the same period, the Middle East and North Africa region's overall volume fell 1.4% to $443.3 billion; excluding the UAE, the remaining markets declined 8.6%. Inflows to UAE centralized exchanges rose 22% to $55 billion, while inflows to institutional platforms such as custodians and market makers rose 75% to $11.7 billion.