Central Bank of Bahrain allows yield-bearing approved stablecoins

CBB, ARRAY partner to Advance Digital Transformation Agenda

Manama : The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and ARRAY Innovation, a local portfolio company of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, have signed a partnership agreement to accelerate its digital transformation initiatives. The partnership agreement was signed in the presence of Khalid Humaidan, Governor of the CBB, and Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, CEO of Mumtalakat, on the sidelines of the FS Horizons: Doubling Down on Digital event, host…

Central Bank of Bahrain allows yield-bearing approved stablecoins

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), having issued a consultation paper on stablecoins back in October 2024, has now issued the full stablecoin regulation on July 2nd, 2025. The CBB is offering licenses to stablecoin issuers and custodians for fiat-backed stablecoins that could be either in Bahraini Dinar or United States Dollars or any other fiat currency acceptable to the CBB. The Central Bank of Bahrain noted that following the consultation wit…

Bahrain’s Central Bank Moves to Regulate Stablecoin Issuance

Bahrain has just taken a major leap into the future of digital finance. According to Crypto News, the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has released the country’s first regulatory framework for stablecoins, marking a huge step toward crypto adoption and financial innovation in the Gulf. This makes Bahrain one of the few jurisdictions in the Middle East with clear rules for stablecoin activity, bringing much-needed clarity, oversight, and investor pr…