BitOasis is a sort of Bitcoin wallet/exchange hybrid, which offers digital currency buying/selling and storage services for the Middle East and North Africa. Apparently, >BitOasis.net sees a lot of traffic from Germany as well. The operation makes no bloated promises and it doesn’t attempt to draw its users into some type of get-rich-quick scheme. All it really does is to offer people the possibility to purchase digital currency online and to store said currency in multi-signature security wallets. Obviously, bitcoins can then be spent from the wallet too.
Being based in Dubai, the company obviously accepts AED as well as USD. In fact, BitOasis users can now purchase bitcoins instantly through credit cards in the UAE.
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The corporate background of the operation doesn’t exactly take center stage. The site doesn’t even feature a proper About Us section. Information isn’t really hidden in this regard either though: at the bottom of the BitOasis homepage, we learn that the corporate entity behind the exchange is BitOasis Technologies FZE, based at Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, Dubai, UAE. An obvious late-comer to the crypto currency scene, the company was launched in 2015. The actual address of the head office of the operation is DGFLEX-G078, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, G078, United Arab Emirates. To find detailed information about BitOasis Technologies FZE, one has to do a little bit of digging, as corporate details aren’t made readily available at the site.
The chief executive officer of BitOasis is Ola Doudin, a Jordanian entrepreneur, who used to work in the UK before the 2008 financial crisis. Having moved back home to Jordan, Doudin soon found that it was nearly impossible to buy bitcoins in the Middle East/North Africa region – from local sources. BitOasis was launched as a response to this obvious need, and since its inception, it has indeed proved popular with the region’s budding digital currency community. The person behind the actual BitOasis platform and Doudin’s partner in the venture, is Czech software engineer Daniel Robenek.
BitOasis was apparently launched in late 2014, and it quickly managed to raise funds from a number of investors, among them Wamda Capital.
Besides Bitcoin, BitOasis has started supporting Ethereum too, beginning with February, 2017.
To make a long story short, despite the fact that a proper About Us section is lacking at the BitOasis site, the company profile seems legitimate and the people and the company behind the effort don’t seem to have anything to hide.
How BitOasis Works
Using BitOasis is as simple as 1-2-3: all one needs is an email and a mobile number to start sending and receiving bitcoins in minutes. The exchange aims for transparency, posting every user transaction directly on the blockchain. Though its exact regulatory status isn’t currently known, BitOasis claims to work with “a highly reputable legal council” which ensures regulatory compliance.
Security and fraud prevention are among the top priorities of the operator too. User assets are protected by multi-signature protocols, which add no fewer than three additional layers of protection. How does this technology work? The BitOasis key represents the first layer of defense: it is stored at BitOasis and it is password-protected. The second security key is an independent one, stored by BitGo. Security and fraud checks are performed by this entity too. The third key is a recovery key, which is used to recover vital data (and obviously: assets) in case the service is compromised one way or another.
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Buying bitcoins is as simple as buying one of the AED-denominated vouchers at the BitOasis site. These vouchers can then be converted to BTC at the click of a button. A maximum of AED 2,000 ($500) can be spent on vouchers per week. Those who want to invest more, are required to undergo additional account-verification procedures.
The BitOasis client is available as a mobile app too, and merchants can make use of a QR code which their customers can scan in order to make payments. Payments accrued this way land in the merchant’s BitOasis wallets. Businesses who need further API-integration are required to contact BitOasis with specifics regarding their needs.
The BitOasis Website
The BitOasis.net domain was registered on February 16, 2014, by Ola Doudin, of BitOasis Technologies FZE. Information pertaining to registration is publicly available and the company profile featured (including the address) corresponds as well.
The domain authority of the website is 30/100, and it’s been linked to from 18 unique domains, most of which are fully relevant and legitimate. More than 49% of the traffic comes from within the UAE. Germany, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, USA and India provide significant traffic volumes as well.
BitOasis User Feedback
Given the tender age of the operation, actual user feedback on the services offered by BitOasis is relatively scarce. The community in general seems to be delighted to see their favorite crypto currency embraced in the Middle East, but few are currently sharing hands-on experience. Of these people, some say BitOasis is the best multi-sig digital currency service they have ever used. There are a few who don’t exactly feel that way though. According to one of the complaints, the site makes use of hidden charges when the user sells bitcoins.
Another user details an incident which saw a transfer of 15,000 AED delayed by almost a week, during which the price of BTC climbed some 10%. Eventually, the problem was sorted out, but – according to the client -the longer processing time, allegedly brought about by the larger size of the transfer, was not mentioned anywhere at the BitOasis site.
Conclusion
BitOasis does indeed look like a legitimate crypto currency wallet/exchange service. It has drawn overwhelmingly positive comments and reviews on Reddit and the public seems quite pleased with the Sharia-compliant option it brings to the table. This is probably one of its main selling points for the time being. A Bitcoin spearhead in the Middle East, BitOasis has set out to conquer as yet untapped markets for the virtual currency industry.
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Dears-
Please advise alternate exchange in UAE.
Regards
I recommend Coinbase, which is what I personally use.
Unfortunately coinbase is not available here in UAE , i have registered an account with them and when i tried to purchase Bitcoin i received this message “Coinbase does not currently support buys in your country.”
Try LocalBitcoins then.
Dear admin you are a f’cking moron.
Best,
Even cex.io not support in uae.
Coinbase is not support. Can you give Any other proper way to by btc in uae
We recommend LocalBitcoins.
I have withdrew my money on August 7th, 2017. Until today August,24,2017 I have not received my money back. I emailed BitOasis 10 business days after the 7th of August and they stated that the money will be in my account in two days. It’s been 10 more days after the email, and still I have not received anything.
Not Recommended at ;;
Did you got your money back?
Me as well, I withdraw on 6th of Dec. They confirmed the confirmed the transfer on 20th of Dec. Till today, I didn’t receive my money. I chased them through email, facebook, twitter with no reply !
Despite that I had no issues with bitcoin purchasing from them.
But I think I will not continue buying from them again.
Some enhancement is badly required on both Web and mobile App.
– The Mobile App is very limited and has very basic capability (sent and receive only)
– The web interface is very basic comparing to other crypto exchanges
BTC and ETH price update rate is relatively low (you wait a long time to see the price change)
– Even though the web interface is very basic, it’s not user friendly as much as it should be
Fees rates:
– I agree with high exchange fees (upon experience) and compering to other crypto exchange
– I agree with the transaction delays: but I believe it is somehow related to the Bitcoin network issue that happened lately. Not sure about the withdrawal, I haven’t try it yet, but hope there won’t be any hassle or delays as mentioned
But in all cases, even funding the account is delayed as well (wire transfer)
Alternatively, I would advise everyone to invest in this exchange to make it better.
Hope there will be some enhancement on this platform to keep all investors and attract many others…
What is the best alternate exchange to use in UAE?
I agree with everyone else about their fees. My main concern is how slow they process transactions. I requested a withdrawal that is supposed to take 7 days. That’s too long for a local bitcoin company depositing in a local bank account! And now 7 days have passed, the money hasn’t still reflected in my UAE account. I would not recommend BitOasis to anyone, even to UAE locals.
Hi may I ask if you were able to withdraw already?
bitoasis almost took one third of my money in buying and transferring. avoid them.
Hi,
Using Bitoasis is like just pay high and forget your money. Its too expensive in terms of fees and purchase price and selling price. for purchasing they deduct money withing seconds but for withdrawal it takes more than 15 days. Who on this earth will take this much time.
im in the process of a withdrawal with them, it has been 13 days so far and there is not a single response about it, i agree with the comments above: excessive fees and a lack of support for regular operations such as withdrawals, no only will not be recommended.
I was about to buy voucher at bitoasis while a go but thank God I didn’t. I believe they fees are quite high although I don’t have good idea of fees of other exchnages. I would appreciate if anyone could share details of other exchanges offering services in SAUDI ARABIA.
Their fees are quite high as compared to other exchanges. You have no way to buy btc but to buy their AED vouchers first, where they make money in currency conversion and fee. If you want to sell btc, they will drop the market value while converting almost 200 AED without any notification! and further withdrawal to your bank also has a fee!. So does each market order execution and limits.
So the whole cycle of buying currency and withdrawing it to your bank involve 4 different fees along with currency conversion and huge delays!
They are surely taking full advantage from the only exchange in the region.
Currently using this exchange. From my experience I can say that their fees are quite high.
The most frustrating part is every operation takes forever. About 8 hours to process digital currency withdrawal. About 14 days took them to send cash withdrawal. Two weeks to approve your account to increase limits. Trading platform is limited to basic buy and sell limit and market orders with Level 2 quotes.
Conclusion: Easy to use; High fees; Retarded waiting times for withdrawals/approvals.
Thank you for the valuable review.
Hi, thanks for your detailed review. However, i would like to apprise you that The number you mentioned is incorrect.
I have registered wth them and the fine print is that to sell or transfer your bitcoin one needs to have a verified account. This is done once the user uploads his or her documents and as per the website it take 3-4 days to have the verification complete. Here’s where it does a bit down south – I have been patiently waiting since 4th June for my account verification and have not been able to get it done. Have left them 3 emails and 1 request through the app but to my dismay no contact from anyone in bitoasis. This unprofessionalism is not acceptable and hence I thought to leave my review along with yours for potential users to read.