This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Areal
At the prestigious Dubai Crypto Expo, held under the dazzling skyline of one of the world’s most forward-looking financial hubs, Areal Chain, a Dubai-based blockchain venture, made waves by officially launching its transformative crypto platform. This ecosystem promises to fundamentally reshape how investors, institutions, and even small farmers interact with real-world assets through the power of decentralized finance.
Why Dubai? The new global capital of regulated digital assets
Dubai has rapidly positioned itself as the global epicenter for regulated digital finance, thanks to progressive frameworks from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA).
From real estate tokenization pilots to licensed crypto treasury operations by leading conglomerates, Dubai is pioneering the seamless merger of traditional assets and blockchain innovation.
“By anchoring Areal in Dubai, we’re placing ourselves at the heart of the world’s most visionary digital asset ecosystem a jurisdiction that understands how to fuse regulatory trust, global capital, and next-gen technology,” said SRIPRIYA KALYANASUNDARAM, Areal’s Founder & CEO.
The Areal difference: Real assets, real income, on-chain
Commercial & industrial real estate
High-value warehouses, logistics hubs, and commercial properties in Dubai and strategic global locations are pooled under Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).
This ensures each property is legally isolated, audited by licensed custodians, and directly tied to specific token pools. Token holders can effectively own fractional real estate shares, with rental income streams flowing back to the ecosystem.
Bullion reserves (gold & silver)
Dubai is a global gold trading powerhouse. Areal partners with regulated bullion custodians, digitizing stored gold & silver into asset-backed tokens.
This provides a stable, inflation-hedged collateral layer and opportunities for staking tied to leasing and financing revenues from the bullion market.
Certified carbon credits
As ESG mandates rise, carbon credits have become one of the fastest-growing asset classes. Areal integrates certified carbon offset projects, issuing tokenized proofs that represent measurable climate impact.
Investors can hold these tokens not only for value appreciation but also to align portfolios with global sustainability metrics or offset corporate carbon footprints programmatically.
AgroFi: Decentralized agricultural finance
In a breakthrough for agricultural communities, Areal introduces AgroFi, enabling farmers to tokenize future crop yields.
Through smart contracts and oracles tied to weather & commodity prices, small to mid-sized farms gain pre-harvest financing, insurance mechanisms, and transparent income-sharing models all anchored on-chain.
The dual-token economic engine
$AREAL: The network’s governance, staking, and transaction fuel. Holders secure the chain, vote on major proposals, and earn participation rewards.
$ARLM: The multi-asset-backed token representing fractional ownership in the diversified asset pool. Stake to earn income from rental streams, bullion leases, carbon sales, and agricultural profits, or use across DeFi platforms.
Robust technical architecture
IBC & EVM compatibility connects Areal to Cosmos and Ethereum ecosystems, opening liquidity pools and cross-chain DeFi.
Chainlink & proprietary oracles feed live data on gold prices, rental contracts, carbon markets, and weather indices.
NFT-backed legal instruments represent land titles, warehouse deeds, or certified carbon offsets with full audit trails.
All secured by a Proof of Stake consensus that ensures efficiency, security, and integrity.
The opportunity for Dubai institutions & global investors
Family offices & REITs: Tokenize large portfolios, unlock liquidity, or distribute income via smart contracts.
Bullion dealers: Connect vault storage with new DeFi liquidity streams.
Green funds: Acquire carbon credits on-chain and programmatically meet ESG goals.
Farm cooperatives: Access global capital markets through tokenized pre-harvest contracts.
Dubai’s next big asset-backed crypto success story?
By merging Dubai’s commodity, real estate, and gold markets with a decentralized, compliance-friendly blockchain, Areal is positioned to become the flagship example of how real-world assets meet crypto legally, profitably, and sustainably.
Ready to build or invest?
Whether you’re a property group, bullion custodian, carbon offset project, or DeFi architect, Areal Chain provides the infrastructure to tokenize, secure, and monetize real-world assets on-chain — starting right here in Dubai.
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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Areal