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Mass lay-offs, at BitOasis with over 30 employees fired amidst acquisition negotiations with India’s CoinDCX

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Sources in the know of BitOasis’s current conditions, some of which have been affected by the latest changes, have confirmed to LaraontheBlock that on August 15 th 2023, 30-50 employees were fired from BitOasis both from their offices in Jordan as well as UAE out of a total of over 120 employees. This happens as sources confirm that BitOasis is in the midst of ongoing negotiations to be acquired by India’s CoinDCX after the UAE based crypto broker failed to receive a Full Market product license from Dubai’s virtual asset regulatory authority VARA. Launched on April 7th, 2018, CoinDCX is a cryptocurrency exchange with its offices located in India. CoinDCX is backed by investors such as Polychain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and HDR Group, operator of BitMEX and Pantera Capital among others. According to recent figures from CoinMarketCap CoinDCX has a Spot Trading Volume (24h) of $2,023,145.62 and holds total assets of $103,283,813.20. In April 2022, CoinDCX r...

UAE based Blockchain payments platform WadzPay in final stages of licensing and live testing of payments solution in KSA

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In a recent tweet , the Founder of WadzPay, a blockchain technology payment provider with a presence in the UAE, Anish Jain, offered an update to the community stating that WadzPay had made strides on the licensing front and are in the “final stages". In addition he added that WPC token would be listed on a Tier1 regulated exchange in the Middle East. As for the WadzPay product it will be ready for launch in Q3 of this fiscal year with live terminals on WadzPay soon. Prior to this in a LinkedIn post , WadzPay announced that its blockchain enabled payments platform was now technically live for Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. The solution is intended to facilitate digital payments and creates a cashless experience in KSA. As per the announcement, WadzPay works with large payment companies, banks, and global entities to enable virtual asset-based transaction processing and settlement. Their private blockchain program will enable pilgrims to use mobile app-based wallets issued by an approve...