Business
Why the Gulf Economy Held When the Region Didn't
A war that closed the Strait of Hormuz and hit every GCC state should have broken the region's economics. Reserves and diversification kept it standing.
Jul 16, 2026
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9 stories for“gulf banks resilience”
Business
The UAE's Outlook Depends on Turning Non-Oil Resilience Into Durable Growth
The UAE enters the next period with diversified trade, services and investment buffers. Energy and shipping volatility still make credit quality and project selection important.
Aug 2, 2026
Business
The UAE Economy Is Slowing in 2026, Yet Its Engines Are Still Turning
A reduced growth forecast meets strong property activity, startup funding and recovering energy exports in the UAE's mixed July economic picture.
Jul 29, 2026
Business
The Gulf Was Forecast a Terrible Year. Brent Is at 84 Dollars
Early in the conflict the projections ran to 150 dollar oil and contracting Gulf economies. Halfway through August the numbers are less dramatic and more interesting than either the panic or the relief.
Aug 16, 2026
Crypto
Dubai's FinTech Summit Is Exporting Its Platform to Pakistan
DIFC's first international expansion of the Dubai FinTech Summit arrives in Pakistan on August 18 and 19, testing a new model for Gulf-South Asia financial innovation.
Aug 3, 2026
Crypto
Crypto in 2025: The Year the Cycle Stopped Looking Like a Cycle
Bitcoin hit a record near $126,000, stablecoins topped $290 billion, and then Q4 delivered the sharpest reset in years. Here is what actually happened.
Jan 6, 2026
Technology
When AWS Was Actually Attacked: Drone Strikes Hit the Cloud
Drone strikes on AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain marked the first military attack on hyperscale cloud infrastructure, forcing a new kind of reckoning.
Mar 4, 2026
Crypto
Bitcoin Is Holding Near 77,000 Dollars as Rate Rise Odds Climb, Which Is Better Than the Textbook Says It Should
Down 4 per cent on the week and 34 per cent on the year, but up 21 per cent on the month, with the Fed about to raise rates and oil up eleven per cent in five days. Ether is at 2,500. What the price is telling you, and what it is not.
Sep 15, 2026
Technology
What AWS's Own Report Reveals About Internet Concentration
Amazon's after-action report on the October outage confirms a blunt truth: one region in Virginia carries too much of the world's digital weight.
Nov 10, 2025
