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GreenX Making Significant Progress on the Establishment of Islamic Digital Asset Exchange in Indonesia

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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA / ACCESSWIRE / July 30, 2024 / Following the signing of LOI for Shariah Compliant Real World Asset (RWA) Tokenization with Nahdlatul Ulama last month, GreenX CEO Philip Tam led further visits to PWNU East Java in Jombang and East Java Ulama Council (MUI) Office. The trip was accompanied by Sheikh Khalifa Aljarizi Alshehhi (Sheikh Khalifa), Co-Founder of Dubai Blockchain Center and Advisor to the UAE Ministry of Economy, and KH Abdul Hakim Mahfudz (Gus Kikin), Acting Chairman of PWNU East Java and Great-grandson of NU Founder.

This follow up visit was aimed at fostering close working relationship and exchange views on the global adoption and trend of Blockchain technology and how it can deploy and implemented in compliance with Islamic principles.

During the visit at Jombang's Tebu Ireng Islamic Boarding School, one of the largest Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia, Sheikh Khalifa explained, "the use of blockchain solutions and crypto payment is now very common in UAE and the Middle East, even Zakat payments have been accepted in the form of Crypto. Not only as a means of payment and settlement, Cryptography is also a key data security component of blockchain technology."

On the visit to East Java MUI, Philip Tam and Sheikh Khalifa also shared and exchange experiences/use cases about how Crypto is used in the UAE and other countries, including the first RWA tokenisation exhibition by GreenX held in Seoul in June 2024 which was attended by over 300 blockchain/crypto enthusiast and leading technology companies.

Philip Tam further explained, "whilst GreenX is the world first Shariah Compliant Exchange, our mission is to share the knowledge we have learned from Malaysia ISRA (International Shariah Research Academy for International Islamic Finance) and regulators, with our Indonesia partners and Islamic community. Tokenisation of RWA is an important asset class of Islamic Finance as Sheikh Khalifa has demonstrated so vividly in UAE. We need to equip our upcoming Islamic generations with up-to-date knowledge on technology and wealth management tools and alternatives."

Sheikh Khalifa explained that GreenX has accomplished a significant milestone in obtaining Shariah compliance in Malaysia from ISRA and other Shariah scholars for their RWA projects and he very much looked forward to the development of RWA Shariah Compliant platform in the Islamic and other jurisdiction under GreenX.

This visit was closed with a special interview held by TV9 Islamic TV in Surabaya, and informal dialogue with crypto/blockchain enthusiasts in Surabaya.