Top crypto news from the Middle East region over the last week (Nov. 18 –24, 2022): Abu Dhabi-based crypto firm plans to acquire FTX Crypto trading firm Hayvn based in Abu Dhabi, the UAE considering a bid for collapsed FTX’s payments business FTX Pay, the company said on Friday. Hayvn executives consider FTX Pay as…

Dubai’s crypto industry leaders commented on how the FTX collapse will affect the crypto sector within the UAE. Among them, various professionals gave their perspectives on how Dubai and the UAE’s crypto landscape will be affected by the FTX debacle – from stricter regulations to better projects leading the way. Kokila Alagh, the founder and…

ConsenSys, one of the firms behind the Ethereum Merge, revealed on Nov. 24 that it also collects user data related to its on-chain wallet service MetaMask. The firm said when using Infura as an RPC on MetaMask, a user’s IP address and wallet address information would be collected as well.   According to the new…

Argentina’s shocking loss to Saudi Arabia in the opening match of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar has plummeted the price of the Argentine Football Association Fan Token (ARG). It seems that the price of fan tokens, designed for the engagement of football fans, is sensitive to the on-field performance of teams. With the ARG…

Core Scientific, the largest US mining company in terms of computing power, revealed its loss for the first nine months of the year reached over $1.7 billion. The firm posts a $435 million loss in Q3 amid bankruptcy looms.   The Texas-based Bitcoin mining company is one of the hardest hit miners, with low Bitcoin…

Troubled crypto lender Genesis Global Capital has hired specialists from Moelis & Company to consider restructuring options, including a potential bankruptcy, The New York Times reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The crypto broker hasn’t made any decisions yet as there was still a possibility for the company to avert a bankruptcy filing, the…