Altcoins
Ripple partners with Onafriq for African cross-border payment channels
The partnership aims to reduce the high costs and lengthy transfer times associated with traditional remittance payments.
Zoltan Vardai
Lens
Africa
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Bitcoin News
How crypto can help Africa reap greater yields — of the agricultural kind
Assisted by blockchain and AI, small farmers can make better use of data for more bountiful harvests. But adapting to new technology isn’t always easy.
Jon Trask
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Bitcoin News
Largest banks should fill crypto void after lender failures, says Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick
In the final installment of a three-part interview series, Geoff Kendrick, head of crypto research at Standard Chartered Bank, outlines the lender’s approach to crypto and why he thinks exploration of blockchain use cases is just beginning.
Jenny Ortiz
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Advanced Blockchain Technologies
China’s international blockchain BSN Spartan gets new push in Middle East, Africa
Red Date Technology, the developer of China’s state-backed blockchain infrastructure Blockchain-based Service Network, has partnered Dubai-based Singularity Innovations to offer blockchain infrastructure services in the Middle East and Africa, as the Chinese blockchain network continues to go global.
Timmy Shen
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Bitcoin News
Bitcoin trades higher in Nigeria amid cashless economy drive
Bitcoin price was trading at a premium in Nigerian cryptocurrency exchanges on Monday following the central bank's limit on ATM cash withdrawals.
Dylan Butts
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Regulation
Crypto ads should include risk warnings, says South African advertising regulation group
Crypto ads airing in South Africa must warn potential investors of risks, according to new guidelines by the country's Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB).
Dylan Butts
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Regulation
Nigeria seeks distinction between digital assets and crypto
Nigeria seeks to advance digital asset trading in the country but is drawing a distinction between digital assets and cryptocurrencies.
Megha Chaddah
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Regulation
Crypto becomes approved financial product in South Africa
South Africa’s financial markets regulator has declared crypto assets as a financial product, setting the legal grounds to bring cryptocurrencies under regulatory purview. See related article: Nigeria to become 1st African country to launch a central bank digital currency Fast facts Crypto is not issued by a central bank but can be traded, transferred and […]
Pradipta Mukherjee
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Bitcoin News
Why local language education holds the key to crypto’s future
The crypto sector operates mainly in English, but more than 6 billion people — many of whom crypto would benefit the most — use other languages, writes Wei Zhou of Coins.ph.
Wei Zhou
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Bitcoin News
Middle East & North Africa lead crypto adoption driven by inflation, remittance payments: Chainalysis
Emerging markets dominated the 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index, with Latin America second in transaction volume growth.
Dylan Butts
