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Despite $100K Pledged to Charity, Adam Back Remains Silent Over Proposed Debate

Ayush SaraswatMay 9, 2019, 11:15 pmMay 9, 2019 175

Africa, Banks, Bitcoin, BitPesa, Cash transfers, Coinpesa, Cryptocurrency, Emerging Markets, Kenya, Money transfer operators, remittances, SBI Remit, Stephany Zoo, Suleiman Murunga, Sure Remit, Wala, world bank

Crypto-Based Transfers Can Cut Remittance Costs in Africa by 90%

Ayush SaraswatApril 28, 2019, 2:15 pmApril 28, 2019 120

Africa, BCH, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Core, Blockchain technology, blockchain-based currencies, BTC, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Solutions, Digital assets, Digital Currencies, FinTech, fintech sandbox, Kenya, Kenyan, N-Featured, Nairobi, News, Paul Muthaura

Kenyan Crypto Adoption and Trading Grows Despite Warnings from Regulators

Ayush SaraswatFebruary 24, 2019, 6:44 amFebruary 24, 2019 312

Africa, Bitcoin, Bitcoin ATM, Cryptocurrency, Cultural barriers, Djibouti, Emerging Markets, High cost, high fees, Kenya, N-Featured, Regulation, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe

High Cost Slows Down Bitcoin ATM Growth in Africa

Ayush SaraswatFebruary 15, 2019, 6:54 pmFebruary 15, 2019 228

Africa, Betty's Place, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Acceptance, Boxlight Electronics, Cryptocurrency, Emerging Markets, Health Land Spa, Kenya, N-Featured, payment, Tony Mwongera

Steady Rise in Small Businesses Accepting Bitcoin Payments in Kenya

Ayush SaraswatDecember 11, 2018, 10:54 amDecember 11, 2018 239

Africa, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Currency crisis, Ecocash, Emerging Markets, Food hampers, Ghana, Kenya, N-Featured, Nigeria, Payments, paypal, Study263, Tinashe Jani, Zimbabwe

Zimbabweans Use BTC to Pay for Food Hampers Amid Foreign Currency Crisis

Ayush SaraswatNovember 21, 2018, 1:24 amNovember 21, 2018 232

Bitcoin, BitPesa, Cryptocurrency, Digital Currency, Elisabeth Rossiello, exchange, Finance, Insurer, japan, Kenya, Payments, remittances, Sompo Holdings

Sompo Holdings Acquires 10% Stake in Kenyan Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitpesa

Ayush SaraswatNovember 13, 2018, 6:24 pmNovember 13, 2018 179

Africa, African Digital Asset Framework, African Union, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Digital assets, distributed ledger technologies, Economic integration, Emerging Markets, Felix Macharia, Kenya, Legislation, N-Featured, Open Source, Standards

Pan-African Organization Launches Framework to Encourage Cryptocurrency Trade

Ayush SaraswatNovember 4, 2018, 8:14 amNovember 4, 2018 282

Africa, Artur Schaback, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Digital Currency, Emerging Markets, exchange, Kenya, Millennials, Mozambique, N-Featured, Namibia, Nigeria, Paxful, Ray Youssef, South Africa, Transactions, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Africa Dominates Trade Volume on P2P Bitcoin Exchange Paxful

Ayush SaraswatNovember 2, 2018, 8:34 amNovember 2, 2018 330

Bitcoin, Bithub Africa, Blockchain, cryptocurrency mining, Digital Currency, Ethereum, John Karanja, Kenya, Litecoin, Mining, N-Featured, Renewable Energy, Ripple, solar power

Kenya’s Bithub Africa Mines Bitcoin Using Solar Power

Ayush SaraswatOctober 31, 2018, 5:04 pmOctober 31, 2018 304

Ether Price Targets $160 as Altcoins Rally and BTC Trades Sideways

Can IEO Cryptos Recover After MATIC’s Mysterious 70% Plunge?

Ethereum Ice Age May be Imminent If Miners Withdraw From Network

Ethereum Hard Fork Live, Stolen ETH Moved, ‘Hodlers Are Insane’: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 2–8

T-Minus 1,000 Blocks Until Ethereum’s Istanbul Hard Fork

SEC Requests UK’s Intervention to Force Telegram’s Former Advisor to Testify

This Week in Bitcoin: $8 Billion BTC Trust and Maximalists Misbehaving

Quadrigacx Founder Dead or Alive? Request for Exhumation and Autopsy Filed

US Fed to Print $425B for New Year’s — 3 Times Bitcoin’s Market Cap

Christmas Comes Early for Bitcoin.com Games Players

The Country With Europe’s Highest Interest Rate Has Cut It 5 Times This Year

2019’s Bitcoin Miners Are 5x Faster Than Predecessors

Blockchain Pilot Makes Waves in Russia’s Energy Sector

Podcast: Chainalysis’ Chief Economist on the Data Behind Blockchain Forensics

Bitcoin Miner Canaan’s Shares Plunge 40% Since IPO in November

Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Announces Additional 1,000-Rig Purchase

From Health Care to Mining, Central Asia Stays on the Blockchain Beat

Enterprise Blockchain on … Bitcoin? Bitfury Is Giving It a Go With Exonum

2019’s Bitcoin Miners Are 5x Faster Than Predecessors

Chicago Company Mines at Oil Wells, Educates Producers About Bitcoin

Mining Chip Maker Ebang Next in Line to File for US IPO

Canada-Based Crypto Mining Firm Great North Data Files for Bankruptcy

Bitcoin Mining in North America: A New Gold Rush in the New World

Compute North Announces Nebraska Colocation Center for Bitcoin Mining