A little over a year ago, Ripple announced its expansion into the Kingdom of Bahrain. Last week, I was back in the Kingdom for FIntech Forward where we hosted an after hours event with @FinTechBay & @TheMENAFintech Bahrain was one of the first countries to regulate crypto assets, and that early clarity is paying off. This year’s theme was finance in the age of intelligent infrastructure, and the discussion was refreshingly practical: how institutions deploy blockchain-based infrastructure at scale, and what regulators and industry need to get right to make that happen. Clear rules attract institutions, and institutions attract the builders who create the next layer on top. Bahrain has understood that for a long time. Thanks to everyone who came to our event and I look forward to spending more time in the Kingdom as our business there grows.