The Rise of Cryptocurrency in the Middle East

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Last year, the Middle Eastern North Africa had the fastest growing cryptocurrency market in the world. Egypt banned Bitcoin in 2018, but they are showing signs of warming to crypto. Islamic coin, which is a new local cryptocurrency backed by several ruling family members is set to be publicly traded in September. But scholars think if it's regulated, there's less chance that people will fall into uncertainty.

A seemingly small change to the Supreme Court’s powers to adjudicate “reasonableness” represents a significant risk to the country’s democratic functioning—and 30 weeks of popular protest about it will continue. Our correspondent looks into why Vietnam’s schools produce such excellent students (09:54). And examining the debate on whether cryptocurrency trading conflicts with Islamic strictures (15:15).

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