On September 14, Qatar Financial Centre announced the launch of the Digital Asset Lab, a move that demonstrates Qatar's embrace of digital assets. Qatar Financial Centre is the region's leading onshore financial and business hub. The Lab has a carefully selected team of 24 participants who will receive full support to develop, test and ultimately commercialize their innovative digital solutions and services. Participants include industry giants such as ALT Realtech, Bladelabs, Polygon and Partior. These innovators are expected to leverage distributed ledger technology (DLT) to solve industry-specific challenges and lead the digital transformation in various fields.