Morocco just made World Cup history, and the crypto industry wasn’t invited to the party. Midfielder Azzedine Ounahi scored twice in a 3-0 demolition of co-host Canada on July 4 in Houston, earning Man of the Match honors and sending his team into the quarterfinals.

The match that made history

Ounahi opened the scoring in the 50th minute, then doubled Morocco’s lead in the 82nd. Soufiane Rahimi added a third in stoppage time to complete the rout.

Morocco became the first African nation to reach consecutive World Cup quarterfinals, building on their remarkable run to the semifinals in Qatar in 2022. For Canada, the outcome was far more painful. They became the first host nation to be eliminated from a World…