Cregis Says Traditional Finance Firms Driving Middle East Digital Asset Adoption

Digital asset infrastructure provider Cregis announced it is marking two years of operations in the Middle East, a period characterized by growing adoption from traditional financial institutions. The company stated that forex brokers, banks, and payment firms are increasingly integrating digital assets into their core financial workflows, a trend noted as it participated in Forex Expo Dubai 2026.

Traditional Finance Integrates Digital Assets

Cregis reported it has established a base of approximately 200 long-term enterprise clients in the Middle East since entering the market. According to the company, more than half of these clients are forex brokers and other traditional financial businesses, signaling a significant shift in how the sector utilizes digital asset technology.

This trend suggests a move away from treating digital assets as a speculative or separate crypto function. Instead, firms are using the infrastructure for existing operations like payments, treasury management, and cross-border settlements. Cregis clients mentioned in its announcement include ATFX Group, Bison Bank, and Interlace.

"Two years ago, much of the conversation was about whether businesses should use digital assets. Today, the conversation is much more practical: how do you operate them properly, and how do you fit them into an existing financial business?" said Shawn Yan, Founder and CEO of Cregis. "Forex brokers and financial institutions are not trying to become crypto companies. They are looking for reliable infrastructure that can support payments, treasury and asset operations alongside what they already do."

Infrastructure and Security Controls

Cregis provides a platform combining Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS), fund flow orchestration, and regulated custody. The system is designed to meet the needs of regulated firms by enabling institutional-grade controls, including role-based access, approval workflows, transaction policies, and comprehensive audit trails.

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The company emphasized its focus on security to serve compliance-sensitive clients. Key security measures include:

• Independent audits against SOC 2 Type I, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001 standards.
• An architecture incorporating Multi-Party Computation (MPC), Hardware Security Modules (HSM), and Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) technologies.

Middle East as a Global Hub

Cregis established Dubai as its regional hub in 2024, building a local team to serve clients across the Middle East and surrounding markets. The company views the location as a strategic bridge to Europe, Africa, South Asia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Globally, Cregis said it has served more than 4,000 businesses across over 50 countries, with a cumulative transaction volume exceeding $300 billion. The firm stated that its experience in the Middle Eastern market is informing its ongoing international expansion into Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the United States.