The Middle East and North Africa are quietly becoming the world’s most consequential laboratory for tokenizing gold, real estate, and equities. Moreover, its regulators are deliberately building the runway for it. In 2026, MENA is co-authoring tokenization frameworks alongside the industry itself, with gold reserves, luxury real estate, and stock market access all moving on-chain. MENA’s Regulatory Edge: Building With Industry, Not Against It In an X space hosted by BeInCrypto, executives from MEXC, OKX Ventures, ChangeNOW, and Zoomex converged on one point: MENA’s regulatory philosophy is what separates it from every other major financial hub
source: https://beincrypto.com/dubai-leading-race-tokenize-real-world-assets/