BitOasis, a leading digital asset platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has published its 2025 Annual Report. The report outlines the company’s performance and strategic direction over the past year, noting a significant maturation of the regional digital asset market driven by progressive regulation, increased institutional participation, and more sophisticated retail investor behaviour.
Ola Doudin, Co-Founder and CEO of BitOasis
“2025 marked a defining year for digital assets globally. Total market capitalisation surpassed USD 4 trillion for the first time, with Bitcoin reaching a new all-time high, supported by meaningful policy progress in the United States and other major markets,” said Ola Doudin, Co-Founder and CEO of BitOasis. “In parallel, the UAE and Bahrain emerged as global standard-bearers for progressive, enabling regulation.”
She added, “Investor participation increased meaningfully on BitOasis across both retail and institutional segments. Platform data shows a clear shift in behaviour, with investors engaging more deliberately and applying the same discipline and portfolio rigour they would to traditional asset classes.”
Retail investors show shift from speculation to disciplined participation
The report indicates a notable change in retail investor behaviour, with users holding an average of three tokens per portfolio. Bitcoin (BTC) remained the most held and most-traded blue-chip asset, while Dogecoin (DOGE) emerged as the most-traded token overall. The BTC-AED trading pair was identified as the most active.
Market activity also appeared more structured, with peak trading occurring on Mondays, particularly around 18:00 GST. This suggests deliberate participation aligned with global market hours rather than continuous speculative trading.
Growth trends in 2025 reflected selective risk-taking, with XRP recording the highest increase in trading activity regardless of valuation. The report also notes a mature user base, with an average customer age of 39 years, indicating that experienced investors were driving participation.
Institutional participation rises sharply across MENA
Institutional involvement accelerated in 2025, especially in the UAE, as digital assets shifted from exploratory exposure to strategic allocation within regional wealth portfolios. Multiple industry reports indicate that 71% of ultra-high-net-worth families in the UAE believe they should make strategic allocations to digital assets, above the global average of 69%. Additionally, 39% of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) already hold crypto, reflecting growing acceptance of digital asset exposure.
BitOasis data supports this trend:
- VIP and institutional clients accounted for over 66% of total trading volumes.
- High-value traders and HNWIs increased by 66% year-on-year.
- Corporate and treasury clients grew 100% across MENA.
The platform strengthened its institutional-grade offering through a segmented VIP programme, including OTC block trading, priority banking with faster AED rails, dedicated relationship management, and a 99.9% uptime low-latency API designed for professional and algorithmic trading.
Long-term engagement with sophisticated investors was further supported by volume-based fee incentives, curated market intelligence, exclusive leadership access, and advanced education initiatives. The report emphasises BitOasis’ focus on high-trust, long-duration relationships with institutional and advanced investors in the region.
Strategic outlook
Looking ahead, Doudin said: “With GCC wealth projected to reach USD 3.5 trillion by 2027, we are entering a defining decade for capital formation in the region. Our priority is to build resilient, regulation-first infrastructure that can support this transition at scale. As part of this next phase, we are expanding our product suite, including preparing to introduce regulated derivatives in Bahrain, alongside continued investment in security, liquidity, and governance. This ensures we meet the evolving needs of both institutional and advanced investors as digital assets become embedded within long-term wealth strategies across MENA.”
As part of DCX Group, BitOasis has also leveraged global synergies to strengthen its regional offering, further supported by Coinbase’s expanded investment in the parent group in 2025.
