Nigeria Central Bank Governor Says CBDC Launch Just ‘a Couple of Days’ Away
10.10.2021
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has confirmed the country’s upcoming digital currency will be launched “in a couple of days from now.” According to the governor, the digital currency which is also known as the e-naira will be the first of...
Bitmain stops shipment of Antminer crypto mining rigs into China
10.10.2021
Bitmain plans to identify green energy mining opportunities from power generation projects in Chinese provinces
How Bitcoin & Crypto Might Help Ease Wealth Inequality (Without Miracles)
10.10.2021
href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jan/22/wealth-gap-widening-for-more-than-70-per-cent-of-global-population-researchers-find">worsening. Whether we’re talking about disparities in income or wealth, the gap between the richest and poorest seems only to be widening over tim
Successful smart cities will be impossible without decentralized techs
10.10.2021
Blockchain technology promises to be the foundational network layer for many systems underpinning successful smart cities
Talent Giant Creative Artists Agency Inks Deal With Pseudonymous NFT Whale 0xb1
10.10.2021
On October 8, the leading California-based talent agency Creative Artists Agency announced it has inked a deal with the infamous non-fungible token (NFT) asset collector known as “0xb1.” The influential talent agency aims to help the pseudonymous 0xb1 monetize the vast NFT collection...
Paid Millions to Hide Trillions: Meet Crime Enablers In Traditional Finance
10.10.2021
llicit wealth. The people who don’t get mentioned as much in the media coverage of the Pandora Papers, however, are the enablers devoted to helping the richest people in the world get richer and to pass on their wealth while avoiding or evading taxes. These enablers help criminals and kleptoc
Court Ruling Threatens 17 Crypto Exchanges in Russia
10.10.2021
Another batch of Russian online crypto exchanges in Russia face closure following a recent decision by a regional court. Information published on their websites has been deemed illegal meaning the country’s telecom watchdog can block access to their platforms. Roskomnadzor May Take Down...
Start-up Raises $2 Million to Pioneer Cryptocurrency Usage in Francophone Africa
10.10.2021
A Cameroonian fintech start-up, Ejara, has raised $2 million to pioneer the usage of crypto and investment services in French-speaking African countries. Coinshares Ventures and Anthemis Group led the funding round in which they were joined by Mercy Corps Ventures, Lateral Capital, Lofty...
Sri Lanka Appoints Committee to Draft Digital Currency Policy, Seeks Crypto Investments
10.10.2021
In preparation to regulate its fintech space, the government of Sri Lanka has established a special committee tasked to formulate the country’s policy on digital banking and crypto-related activities. The committee comprises professionals from the public and private sectors. New Committee...
CoinSwitch Kuber becomes crypto unicorn, Bitcoin returns to a $1T market cap, and a bullish 2017 Ethereum fractal resurfaces: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 3-9
9.10.2021
Navigating the NFT minefield: It should be made easy for first-time buyers
9.10.2021
In order to sustain the growth of NFTs, it is important that new buyers aren’t deterred from purchasing NFTs due to high gas fees
Edward Snowden Calls CBDCs ‘Cryptofascist Currency’ — ‘Closer to Being a Perversion of Cryptocurrency’
9.10.2021
On October 9, whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden published an opinion editorial concerning central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and claimed CBDCs are “the newest danger cresting the public horizon.” Snowden stressed that rather than being an innovation, CBDC’s...