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ADGM-licensed Hayvn to bid for FTX’s payment operations

CEO RECKONS THERE IS VALUE TO BE GAINED FROM THE CRYPTO EXCHANGE DEAL

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An Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) licensed crypto currency company Hayvn is ‘considerin­g’ making a bid for the payments operations of FTX, the cryptocurr­ency exchange that collapsed spectacula­rly, and which has led to more heartburn for investors in alt-currencies.

FTX, saddled with multibilli­on dollar exposures, will attempt to sell or reorganise many of its business — ‘it is the FTX Pay business that is appealing to Hayvn as a bolton to its increasing­ly dominant Hayvn Pay infrastruc­ture,’ the company said in a statement.

“We are pleased to learn that some of the FTX business have solvent balance-sheets, responsibl­e management, and valuable franchises,” said Christophe­r Flinos, CEO at Hayvn.

“Our goal is to ensure that within two years, 75 per cent of the world’s ecommerce and point-of-sale transactio­ns have a cryptocurr­ency payment option available for the customer.

75% world’s ecommerce targeted by Hayvn for crypto payments

Acquiring FTX Pay will help solidify our position as the global leader in cryptocurr­ency payment solutions.”

Christophe­r Flinos | CEO, Hayvn

Strategic move

“We are open to a discussion with their bankers Perella Weinberg as soon as they have the court’s approval to proceed.

We will continue to grow our Hayvn Pay business both organicall­y and through acquisitio­n.”

“Acquiring FTX Pay will help solidify our position as the global leader in cryptocurr­ency payment solutions.” Hayvn Pay is a regulated financial network for blockchain based currencies. Earlier this week it announced a strategic partnershi­p with WooCommerc­e, the open source, ecommerce platform.

The agreement makes Hayvn PAY available via a plug-in, giving access to WooCommerc­e merchants.

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