“Can a technology holding company build and own the digital infrastructure — including a national stablecoin — powering the UAE's next financial rails?”
Sirius International Holding is the technology arm of Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company (IHC), founded in 2022 to build the group's digital and deeptech portfolio (Cybergate, Emircom, etc.). In 2026 it moved into embedded finance infrastructure by co-launching DDSC, a dirham-backed stablecoin, together with IHC and First Abu Dhabi Bank on the local ADI Chain — positioning Sirius less as a fintech operator and more as an equity/technology sponsor of UAE-regulated digital-asset rails.