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ARP Digital
For centuries, capital moved through institutions you could see - banks with branches, clearinghouses with addresses, correspondents with names. Trust was built through proximity, regulation, and time. That model worked because the assets it moved were anchored to the physical world.
That world has changed.
Digital assets have created a new form of capital - programmable, borderless, and available twenty-four hours a day. In the years ahead, significant portions of global wealth will be held, transferred, and settled on digital rails.
In the GCC, that infrastructure mostly does not exist. The region processes billions in annual remittance volume, hosts some of the world's most active real estate markets, and sits at the centre of global commodity trade flows. Yet it has almost no institutional-grade infrastructure to move digital capital through the real economy at scale.
This is where ARP Digital comes in.
The infrastructure was missing. We are here to build it, and unlock digital capital for the institutions that move the real economy.
Built from within the Gulf.
Every credible competitor navigates GCC rails from a distance.
Co-founded by Abdulaziz and Abdulla Kanoo, fifth-generation twins from GCC's 135-year Kanoo Group, ARP Digital was built from the inside - licensed here, operating here, built to stay here.
Designed for Institutions.
Trusted by banks, exchange houses, stablecoin issuers, and global fintechs across the GCC.

Central Bank of Bahrain
Licensed as Capital Market-Crypto Assets Service Provider (Cat3)

The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
Insights & newsroom
Zawya Press Release: ARP Digital receives in-principle approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
28 Apr 2026
pressNBB unveils GCC’s first Bitcoin-linked structured investment in partnership with ARP Digital
7 Oct 2024
pressThe Rise of Crypto Options and Structured Products
10 Apr 2024
pressDigital Asset Platform With Ex-Goldman Partner as Co-Founder Gets Bahrain Crypto License
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