{"id":59353,"date":"2022-03-29T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=59353"},"modified":"2025-09-04T21:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:23:45","slug":"dubai-school-to-accept-tuition-payments-in-bitcoin-and-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/dubai-school-to-accept-tuition-payments-in-bitcoin-and-ethereum\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai school to accept tuition payments in Bitcoin and Ethereum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens School in Dubai, due to open in September, will offer parents of students the option to pay tuition in Bitcoin and Ethereum, according to the portal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/business\/education\/dubai-school-says-it-will-accept-tuition-fees-in-bitcoin-and-ethereum-q0cchn82\">Zawya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Payments will be accepted via a processing service that converts crypto assets into the local dirham.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;By introducing a new payment method, we expect to strengthen the role of the younger generation in the development of the UAE&#8217;s digital economy. While many people are already reaping the fruits of the new era, today\u2019s children will become the entrepreneurs and investors of the future,&#8221; says the founder of Citizens School, Adil Alzaruni.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, Dubai authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dubai-adopts-cryptocurrency-regulation-and-establishes-a-regulatory-authority\">passed<\/a> a law on virtual assets and established the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority to regulate the sector. Since then, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/binance-secures-licence-in-dubai\">Binance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ftx-secures-licence-in-dubai\">FTX<\/a> have obtained licenses to operate in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full feed of news, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens School in Dubai, due to open in September, will offer parents of students the option to pay tuition in Bitcoin and Ethereum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[256,42],"class_list":["post-59353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-education","tag-uae"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"9","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59355,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59353\/revisions\/59355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}