Top crypto news from the Middle East region over the last week (Oct. 8–14, 2022): DMCC Crypto Centre to get access to $150 million Brinc’s fund Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has partnered with the global VC firm Brinc to provide DMCC Crypto Centre members with access to Brinc’s $150 million accelerator fund. Brinc is…
Breaking crypto news from the last week (Oct. 1 – 7, 2022): Oct. 2: Sega, one of the largest Japanese gaming companies, has announced the upcoming launch of its first blockchain game, based on Sega’s Sangokushi Taisen franchise, in partnership with development company Double Jump Tokyo. The game’s blockchain elements will be built on Oasys,…
Top crypto news from the Middle East region over the last week (Oct. 1–7, 2022): Future Blockchain Summit: Chainalysis experts to discuss blockchain risks, opportunities, and compliance Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, announced its plans to participate in the 2022 edition of the Future Blockchain Summit, taking place in Dubai from Oct. 10-14. Through a…
Breaking crypto news from the last week (Sept. 24 – 30, 2022): Sept. 24: The Walt Disney Company is looking to hire a transaction lawyer working at an “accelerated and aggressive timeline” to explore new technology opportunities, like the metaverse, DeFi, and NFTs. The media conglomerate looks to expand into Web3 territory focusing on “next…
Top crypto news from the Middle East region over the last week (Sept. 24–30, 2022): First metaverse project 2117 launches in the UAE inspired by Dubai ruler’s vision The UAE-based Web3 pioneer BEDU launched the country’s first metaverse project under the name 2117, inspired by the ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum’s vision…
Breaking crypto news from the last week (Sept. 17 – 23, 2022): Sept. 18: Metaplex, a creator of the NFT protocol on Solana, is launching an MPLX governance token and will conduct an airdrop for NFT creators. Metaplex said it took a snapshot of eligible creators who created NFTs via Metaplex by August 24 and…