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South African Professor Accuses US Regulators of Attempting to ‘Assassinate Crypto’
6.4.2023
The United States’ attempts to “assassinate crypto” are illegal and unlikely to succeed because “crypto is global,” Steven Boykey Sidley, a South African professor and author, has argued. According to Sidley, many formerly U.S.-based companies and innovators have...
Africa: The next hub for Bitcoin, crypto adoption and venture capital?
29.3.2023
Cointelegraph’s Elisha Owusu Akyaw shares how cryptocurrency is changing the financial landscape in Africa — and the opportunities and challenges that come with it
Ghanaian and Nigerian Central Bank Open Respective Regulatory Sandbox Application Processes
29.1.2023
The Ghanaian and Nigerian central banks have invited financial innovators that wish to be included in their respective regulatory sandboxes to submit applications. The Bank of Ghana said its sandbox will also support innovations that attempt to solve the financial exclusion challenge. Solving...
#WBSDubai to create global business opportunities for Web3 innovators
24.1.2023
After its incredible success in hosting five international editions in 2022, World Blockchain Summit returns to Dubai on 20-21 March 2023 at Atlantis, The Palm. The show’s stellar agenda spread across two days, brings together more than 70 industry pioneers as speakers, over 50 projects...
The Grand WAHED PitchFest – Pitch Your Idea and Win 25,000 USDT
15.11.2022
PRESS RELEASE. WAHED is delighted to announce the Grand WAHED Pitchfest, an opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators to secure funding for their next world-changing idea. Founders are invited to present their ideas to the WAHED Team, and the most innovative idea stands to win 25,000 USDT in...
Embr Releases Checkout to Future-Proof Trust in Web3 Payment Experiences
22.6.2022
Embr is an all-remote corporation building a global Web3 fundraising infrastructure, and Checkout is the first of many product releases focused on moving startups and creators into a new era of the internet. Web3 has the potential to rewrite the future of economic opportunity for innovators...
Argentina Launches Regulatory Sandbox for Crypto Innovators & Investors
21.4.2022
Argentina is edging toward crypto regulation – as well as further adoption – with a new “innovation hub” that will allow regulators, investors, and crypto startups to work together....
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Is Austin the next US crypto hub? Officials approve blockchain resolutions
27.3.2022
The City of Austin gears up to become America’s next crypto hot spot by passing two resolutions focused on cryptocurrency and blockchain innovation
UAE Venture Capital Firm Launches $100 Million Seed Fund for Blockchain and Crypto Projects
26.3.2022
Cypher Capital, a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based venture capital (VC) firm, has announced the launch of a $100 million seed fund that will primarily avail funding to decentralized finance (defi), gamefi, and metaverse projects. Mentoring of Entrepreneurs A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based venture...
Crypto innovators of color restricted by the rules aimed to protect them
14.2.2022
US Senator Ted Cruz Bought the Bitcoin Dip, Discloses BTC Purchase Worth up to $50K
7.2.2022
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has declared his bitcoin purchase worth up to $50,000. “I’m also particularly proud that my home state, Texas, is becoming an oasis for the blockchain community, for bitcoin miners, for innovators and entrepreneurs in the crypto world,” said the senator....
The Nervos Network’s Ben Morris Talks About Godwoken, the EVM Compatible Layer 2 Solution
2.12.2021
The Nervos Network is an open Blockchain platform for innovators to build applications that are decentralized, autonomous and universally accessible. They want to create an all-encompassing architecture that allows dApp developers to build once and reach all of these users, everywhere using layer...
Uganda Blockchain Association Endorses Calls for the Creation of Crypto Regulatory Framework
10.8.2021
Uganda’s blockchain community welcomes the recent call on authorities to create a cryptocurrency regulatory framework, a board member of the Blockchain Association of Uganda (BAU) has said. The member, Suleiman Murunga, explains that such a framework “will create investor confidence...
Spotlight on Asia’s Best Innovators at the Asia Innovation Summit 2021
16.7.2021
The largest online conference in Asia with over 7,000 attendees participating in 20+ Panel Discussions, Tech Talks, and contextual networking sessions Powered by Lumos Labs, Woodstock Fund, Dao Maker, and Tezos Bangalore, July 14, 2021: Global blockchain player, Lumos Labs, an innovation...
A multichain future will accelerate innovators and entrepreneurs
7.7.2021
Alternative accelerator mechanisms will empower the next generation of entrepreneurs and their blockchain projects
Kenyan Regulator Commends Its Regulatory Sandbox— Says the Test Phase Enables It to Have Interactions With Innovators
21.5.2021
According to a new report published by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya, the country’s regulatory sandbox has now received 24 applications, queries, and proposals since March 2019. From this total, only seven firms have been admitted into the sandbox, and “a few more (are...
Blockchain will thrive once innovators and regulators work together
15.5.2021
Emerging technology such as blockchain can change the world for the better, but regulation and innovation must work in tandem
Bitwise launches US ‘crypto ETF’… sort of
13.5.2021
Bitwise has launched a new ETF offering exposure to the top publicly-listed firms operating in the blockchain and crypto industries
Coinbase allocating 10% to innovation plays
21.4.2021
The cryptocurrency exchange is looking to create a “culture of repeatable innovation” following the successful launch of its public offering last week
The Glow Up 50 2021: Celebrating Our Style Innovators
12.4.2021
The mixed bag that was 2020 may not have brought much in the way of stylish moments—though face masks, tie-dyed sweatsuits and wireless bras certainly had one. But just before world locked down last March, we launched The Glow Up 50, our inaugural list of Black tastemakers, trendsetters and talents...