In his capacity as Head of Group Strategy at DIFC Authority, Christian is responsible to develop and continuously evolve the strategic agenda and initiatives of DIFC in line with the UAE’s commitment to innovation and development of future economies.

We start off speaking about the foundations of his experience in the region and work towards the future of fintech, blockchain and crypto within DIFC's ecosystem and the regional market places.

If you are looking to know more about regulations, setting up and getting ahead within the region, this episode is a great listen.

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Special Guest: Christian Kunz.

On the show we have Kokila Alagh, Founder of Karm Legal and Akshata Namjoshi, Senior Associate at Karm Legal speaking to us.

We discuss:

• How progressive the implementation of regulation has been
• Comparing regulations/initiatives around ADGM, DIFC, ESCA and Central Bank of Bahrain
• The recent public consultation paper issued by ESCA
• How to enter the MENA market from a regulatory and strategic standpoint? What licenses should companies look at? How as a company entering the region should we label ourselves?
• How long it takes companies to graduate from a sandbox?
• International regulatory landscape
• Why Karm Legal are bullish on security tokens?

Nic also asks his usual bunch of futuristic ‘What if’ questions which results in inspired answers and we also diverge into other Fintech topics too.

Special Guests: Akshata Namjoshi and Kokila Alagh.