The two-part Game Demo Day event highlighted the diversity and innovation in the blockchain gaming sector. For an industry starved of end-users, few apples look juicier to the blockchain world than gaming. The global gaming market is forecast to generate over $159 billion in revenue in 2020, and at a recent two-day digital conference the […]
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Tim Draper remains bullish on DeFi and Bitcoin but thinks regulation has not caught up with the technology. Two years ago, venture capitalist and noted Bitcoin investor Tim Draper publicly stated that Bitcoin will hit $250,000 by 2022. Yet, as Bitcoin continues to gain interest from investors, Draper revealed to Cointelegraph during an interview that […]
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Crypto isn’t inherently good in just its development and proliferation; the community must address the reasons causing financial exclusion. On Sept. 27, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sought to center his employees’ work around the company’s core mission: “to bring economic freedom to people all over the world.” Armstrong argues for a narrow interpretation of Coinbase’s […]
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Ripple continues its effort to bring financial inclusion to struggling markets. Ripple announced a contribution of $10 million to Mercy Corps to help it use digital assets in its work on financial inclusion in emerging markets during the annual Swell conference. Mercy Corps is a non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization that aims to create economic opportunities […]
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The ease and convenience of services backed with the emerging techs can dramatically improve the financial landscape in Africa. Africa is the home to 1.2 billion people and what has been described as the world’s largest trade area — the African Continental Free Trade Area. Africa is forging a new path to driving development, and […]
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If we ever want legitimacy for digital assets in the world of mainstream finance, we need legitimate financial education. The cryptocurrency market is still in its infancy, and the overpowering sense of possibility is strong. The range of attitudes toward crypto is generally broad, but recent surveys shed light on certain inclinations one way or […]
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The region’s traders are highly aware of scams and avoid them. Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has found that crypto traders in Africa are less likely to have sent tokens to, or received tokens from, known scam addresses than traders in other regions in the past year. In the Chainalysis “2020 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report”, the […]
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This little project is expected to manage $70 million worth of ADA annually. IOHK has distributed $250,000 worth of ADA to Project Catalyst. These funds will be allocated to several Cardano-based projects proposed by the community. Project Catalyst is one of the building blocks of Cardano’s Voltaire era, which is expected to bring decentralized governance […]
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Hacktivist Bitcoin developer Amir Taaki took aim at Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin on Twitter recently for essentially writing off smart contracts inventor Nick Szabo as a right-wing crank. Taaki wrote that this sort of attitude was typical of an “Eth[ereum] culture which is about sparkling burner parties, privileged digital nomads, microdosing LSD, sex orgies and […]
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BtcTurk joins forces with the Turkish Football Federation on the road to the UEFA European Championship 2021. Major Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk has become the main sponsor of both the women’s and men’s Turkish national soccer teams via an agreement with the Turkish Football Federation, Cointelegraph Turkey reported on Aug. 20. According to the official […]
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