Block’s TBD Announces Partnership to Facilitate Global Payments in Africa via Bitcoin Stablecoin Rails
Block’s TBD, a developer platform focused on making the decentralized financial world accessible for everyone, today announced a partnership with Yellow Card to unlock a network of global fiat on- [...]
Paxful, Popular P2P Trading Platform, Announces Closure
Paxful, the well-known peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform, has declared its decision to shut down its marketplace and urged its users to withdraw their funds. This announcement comes at a time [...]
The End of the Road for P2P Trading
The Early Days of Bitcoin A person or group identifying themselves as Satoshi Nakamoto sent the Bitcoin whitepaper on October 31, 2008, to a cryptography mailing list on the website [...]Celo community approves creation of African DAO to scale Web3 in underbanked communities
The Celo community has approved the creation of a community DAO in Africa with the goal of scaling Web3 to developers and builders at the grassroots. The proposal was made [...]Paxful CEO Ray Youssef sees potential for Bitcoin adoption to unite Africa and bring prosperity
At the inaugural Africa Bitcoin Conference (ABC) that took place in Accra, Ghana, we had a chat with Ray Youssef, the co-founder and CEO of Paxful, the peer-to-peer global finance [...]How Bitcoin Works: A Guide for Kenyan Investors
Bitcoin is the star of the cryptocurrency craze. It has generated a lot of buzz on the internet and many people want to invest in bitcoin because of its profitability. [...]
Senate in Talks with CBK to Legalise Cryptocurrency
The Senate Standing Committee on Information, Communication and Technology decided to initiate talks with the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to acknowledge Cryptocurrency as a valid form of legal tender. [...]Mercy Corps Ventures Launches $1M Fund to Test Real World Use Cases for Web3 in Emerging Markets
Mercy Corps Ventures is launching a second year of its Crypto for Good Fund of $1 million. This Fund is set up to test and support Web3 solutions for underserved [...]Celo's Quiet Efforts to Boost Web3 Adoption in Africa
Web3 technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with one another and conduct business, but for it to truly reach mainstream adoption, it needs to be accessible [...]Celo Introduces New Brand Identity to Promote Mainstream Adoption of Web3 Technology
San Francisco January 11, 2022 The Celo Foundation, which nurtures and promotes the mobile-first, carbon-negative layer-1 Celo blockchain and its ecosystem, has unveiled a new brand identity and [...]How Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc is Democratizing access to bitcoin mining in Africa
For the last three years, Africa has been one of the fastest-growing markets for cryptocurrency adoption in the world. The continent accounts for world’s highest proportion (80%) of crypto retail [...]Gridless Aims to Help Africa’s Energy Producers Utilize Excess Energy for Bitcoin Mining, Boosting Economic Growth and Sustainability
On the sidelines of the Africa Bitcoin Conference in Accra Ghana early December 2022, Gridless, an East African based bitcoin mining company helping to bring new energy generation to rural [...]
