Watch how we’re wiring crypto into everyday life across the region.
ZelaaPayAE is the on-ramp to blockchain across the Middle East — a point-of-sale network, debit cards, an NFT marketplace and a swap exchange, all settling on Polygon.
Building on top of a country that’s already betting on blockchain
The UAE has pushed hard on blockchain adoption in recent years, from Dubai’s ambition to run a share of government services on-chain to a national strategy aimed at digitizing transactions across the Emirates. ZelaaPayAE was built inside that momentum, shaping its own roadmap around the same open, forward-leaning posture the country has taken toward the technology.
A faster, quieter way to move money
ZelaaPayAE lets people hold, spend and move value without routing everything through a single institution. Today that means spending AED through our network; the roadmap adds more currencies as adoption grows across the GCC.
Read more about usBuilding the ecosystem.
Strategically built product strategy that will shape the future of transactions in the United Arab Emirates for digital assets.
A point-of-sale terminal built with Pundi Labs that lets a shopper pay with a crypto wallet, and lets the merchant keep the payment in crypto rather than converting it.
Become a merchant →A physical card synced to a wallet, so a crypto balance can be spent at any of the millions of merchants that already take card payments.
Pre-order →A marketplace and aggregator for NFTs with built-in DeFi components, running on the Rarible protocol for creators across the region.
More info →A peer-to-peer swap platform that moves value between AED and digital assets, with tiered trading limits as we add support for more assets.
More information →Reading material, if you’re doing your diligence
A short set of documents we keep current so anyone evaluating ZelaaPayAE — press, partners, or holders — can see the reasoning behind the roadmap.
Full technical and economic detail.
A shorter read of the same plan.
The whole thing on a single page.
Independent review of the contract.
Where ZPAE trades today
We’re working toward listings on exchanges with deeper liquidity — for now, here’s everywhere ZPAE already trades.
Over a million registered users across 170+ countries, with daily interest paid on deposits and no lock-up required.
A liquidity-first exchange for newer tokens, with 150+ trading pairs and a focus on transparent execution.
A licensed exchange out of Tallinn offering tiered verification, fiat-to-crypto trading, and no withdrawal caps.
A Singapore-based exchange supporting CNY on- and off-ramps alongside standard crypto pairs.
“ZelaaPayAE has been driving real change across fintech and blockchain in the UAE — the pace the team works at has opened doors well beyond what a private company usually gets.”
Four ways into the ecosystem
Connect with builders and users through our communities around the world.
Build something on ZPAE and we’ll help you take it to market.
Volunteer with our humanitarian arm on campaigns across the region.
Apply for a grant and show us what you’re building — we’ll help fund it.
Companies we’ve backed, and been backed by
Open-source, smart-contract-capable blockchain.
Multi-chain wallet for storing and swapping assets.
Hardware partner behind the ZelaaPOS terminal.
Fast, security-focused open blockchain protocol.
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