Ola Doudin bought her first-ever Bitcoin in 2013 and was compelled by its potential. One year later she founded the Dubai-based startup BitOasis, an online wallet and exchange that’s available across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, and the first to use multi-signature technology to protect your digital assets.

While the crypto-trading world continues to debate about whether the ‘coins’ are currencies, commodities or a fad, Doudin is optimistic that a new generation of fintech startups will be able to use cryptocurrencies to provide services cheaper and faster. Despite the occasional hiccup, Bitoasis continues to develop its platform announcing it would allow traders to buy Ripple earlier in the year, followed by Litecoin in February.