Basil Al Askari

Basil Al Askari

Basil Al Askari is the founder and CEO of MidChains, a regulated virtual asset trading platform based in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE, focused on HNWI, corporate, and institutional markets.
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The Crypto Industry Needs to Stop Calling It “Institutional Adoption”

In crypto, people love the word “adoption,” especially when talking about institutions. It's usually framed as banks and big asset…

By Basil Al Askari 5 Min Read

Bitcoin Doesn’t Need To Surge in 2026 To Prove It’s Winning

For most of Bitcoin’s history, the market has been trained to think in fireworks. Parabolic rallies. Sudden crashes.  The kind…

By Basil Al Askari 7 Min Read