According to Cas Abbé, leaving assets on exchanges means relying on the exchange to keep funds safe, while a hardware wallet returns control to the user with no middleman and no counterparty risk, source: Cas Abbé on X, Nov 14, 2025. According to Cas Abbé, OneKey has open-source, transparent, fully air-gapped hardware wallets that are now officially available in the UAE through a local distributor, with a 5% discount via code CAS5, providing a self-custody option relevant to traders seeking to reduce exchange counterparty exposure, source: Cas Abbé on X, Nov 14, 2025.

According to the source, UAE telecom operator du is launching Cloud Miner, described as the first regulated Bitcoin (BTC) mining service available to UAE residents, as stated in a social media post dated Nov 3, 2025 from the source. The source characterizes the development as bullish for BTC, signaling positive market sentiment around increased compliant access to mining within the UAE, per the same source.