The Morning Context: Middle East

What Havyn and Mantra’s crash means for crypto in the UAE

A trading platform was fined by the regulator for breaches and misconduct, and a popular token plummeted by 90%

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An intelligent person’s guide to venture capital in the Middle East

Co-founder Walid Mansour and partner Ankit Sarwahi of Middle East Venture Partners talk about the big changes in the tech investing ecosystem, their fund’s trajectory and the million-dollar question of returns.

What Havyn and Mantra’s crash means for crypto in the UAE

A trading platform was fined by the regulator for breaches and misconduct, and a popular token plummeted by 90%

What explains Abu Dhabi’s interest in Binance

After a long phase of controversies, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange just received a $2 billion investment from a prominent Emirati firm. Plus, Pokémon GO comes to the Gulf.

Eyewa and the playbook of building a consumer brand for the Middle East

The nearly eight-year-old eyewear retailer recently raised $100 million and has emerged as a rare consumer success story in the region. Its rise holds many takeaways.

Dubai hands out stiff penalties to intrusive telemarketers

Spread across 159 companies, the 50,000 dirham-each fine is a clear statement of intent: no trifling with the rules. Separately, a new tech listing in Alpha Data.

An intelligent person’s guide to venture capital in the Middle East

Co-founder Walid Mansour and partner Ankit Sarwahi of Middle East Venture Partners talk about the big changes in the tech investing ecosystem, their fund’s trajectory and the million-dollar question of returns.

What Havyn and Mantra’s crash means for crypto in the UAE

What explains Abu Dhabi’s interest in Binance

Eyewa and the playbook of building a consumer brand for the Middle East

Dubai hands out stiff penalties to intrusive telemarketers

Best of Public Markets coverage

Why foreign universities want a presence in the UAE

A mix of government facilitation, favourable location and rising student demand is seeing global institutions making a beeline for the region.

Ambani’s RIL and Aramco to duke it out for a $20 billion prize?

India's second largest private fuel company, Nayara Energy, could be a lucrative acquisition target for the two oil giants as its sanctions-hit Russian owners eye an exit.

Azman Usmani

Why foreign universities want a presence in the UAE

A mix of government facilitation, favourable location and rising student demand is seeing global institutions making a beeline for the region.

Ambani’s RIL and Aramco to duke it out for a $20 billion prize?

Azman Usmani

How the UAE is going electric

Why Abu Dhabi’s ADQ is taking a complex, billion-dollar bet on Aramex

Why is Reliance taking Campa Cola to the Middle East?

Disha Acharya

The UAE and its complicated relationship with drones

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What Havyn and Mantra’s crash means for crypto in the UAE

A trading platform was fined by the regulator for breaches and misconduct, and a popular token plummeted by 90%

What explains Abu Dhabi’s interest in Binance

After a long phase of controversies, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange just received a $2 billion investment from a prominent Emirati firm. Plus, Pokémon GO comes to the Gulf.