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Ugandan Fintech Asaak Acquires Mexican Asset Financing Startup Flexclub
8.9.2023
The Ugandan mobility fintech Asaak recently spread its tentacles to Latin America after it bought the Mexican asset financing business Flexclub. The fintech’s CEO suggested that his company’s successful and profitable microfinance business partly influenced the decision to acquire the Mexican...
Kenyan Fintech Startup Kotani Pay Receives $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding
8.9.2023
The Kenyan fintech startup Kotani Pay has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round which was led by P1 Ventures. The capital raised will be used to fund the startup’s expansion into five African countries. Felix Macharia said his firm is working with central banks, some of whom...
Web3 made simple: Brinc joins forces with Cointelegraph Accelerator
8.9.2023
Brinc partners with Cointelegraph Accelerator to establish a two-way support bridge for startups developing the future of Web3
EU financial chief: Don't rush digital euro before new EU Comission in June 2024
7.9.2023
Mairead McGuinness believes that the CBDC project should be approached “quietly and slowly” by the next EU Commission
Blockchain Firm Raises Millions From Andreessen Horowitz, Paris Hilton to Help Monetize AI Mashups
7.9.2023
Investors led by Andreessen Horowitz have backed a company that has set out to help content creators monetize their work in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). The tech firm intends to employ blockchain technology to track remixes and mashups that have been spreading online since the invent...
Arkham Intelligence Identifies Grayscale’s $16 Billion Onchain Bitcoin Holdings
6.9.2023
Arkham Intelligence, a leading crypto analytics firm, unveiled on Wednesday its findings on Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust onchain holdings. This revelation comes just six days after Arkham shed light on the fund manager’s onchain ethereum assets. Unmasking Grayscale’s Bitcoin...
Binance Eastern Europe VP and Other Execs Announce Departure as Exchange Mulls Russian Exit
6.9.2023
Binance Eastern Europe Vice President Gleb Kostarev and CIS Manager Vladimir Smerkis have announced their departure from the company as the exchange considers a possible exit from Russia.
Both executives resigned amid regulatory hurdles posed by global sanctions on Russia following the country’s...
Is It Too Late to Buy NEO? NEO Price Blasts Up 7% and Crypto Startup Launchpad Raises $1.6 Million – Fundraise Ends Today
6.9.2023
Leading Chinese layer-1 smart contracts blockchain NEO has blasted up +7% following Flamingo Finance's cross-chain integration with Ethereum and Ontology.
Dubbed 'Chinese Ethereum' by Western traders, NEO has been on the climb since September 2, as price appears to be bouncing back from strong...
Blockchain Startup Story Protocol Secures $54 Million Funding Led by Andreessen Horowitz
6.9.2023
Story Protocol, a startup that uses blockchain tech to track intellectual property (IP), has secured more than $54 million in funding driven by venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) crypto....
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Is It Too Late to Buy Stellar? XLM Price Blasts Up 12% and This Innovative Startup Can Find the Next Crypto to Explode
5.9.2023
Stellar Lumens (XLM) has been undertaking a dramatic +12% comeback as anticipation builds surrounding an upcoming announcement from the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF).
The SDF is a non-profit developers foundation; dedicated to growing and improving the XLM ecosystem towards the ultimate...
Digital euro can ward off a host of private payment service ills: ECB official
4.9.2023
Private payment services can gain a monopoly over services with no benefit to other market players or economic stability, ECB board member Fabio Panetta said
Web3’s Swiss Army knife of personal finance Changex joins Cointelegraph Accelerator
3.9.2023
Changex combines crypto trading and lending with traditional banking features that also include an upcoming Visa debit card
No Internet, No Problem: This New Crypto Startup Brings Bitcoin to Local Mesh Networks
1.9.2023
In a world increasingly reliant on internet connectivity, a Florida-based startup is breaking new ground by enabling Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network transactions even when there's no access to the web.
The company, called LNMesh, leverages local "mesh networks" to facilitate Bitcoin payments...
Today in Crypto: 5-Country Joint Advisory Report Warns About Russian Malware Targeting Crypto Users, IBM Shares 5 Points for Success of Digital Euro
1.9.2023
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IBM offers guidance for successful implementation of digital euro
31.8.2023
Five members of IBM Consulting created a list of points that the European Commission could consider to optimize its digital euro proposed legislation
Is It Too Late to Buy EOS? EOS Price Rallies 5% with $100 Million Trading Volume and Crypto Startup LPX Secures $1.5 Million – Time to Buy?
31.8.2023
Top 100 ranked blockchain Eos (EOS) has pumped +5% in the aftermath of news that the digital asset has been approved for trading by Japan's Virtual and Crypto Asset Exchange Association (JVCEA), with markets going live in mid-September.
The bullish announcement ignited a frenzy of activity...
Africa-Focused Remittances Fintech Lemfi Raises $33 Million in Series A Funding Round
31.8.2023
An Africa-focused remittances platform, Lemfi, recently said it has raised $33 million in a Series A round led by Left Lane Capital. Lemfi said it will use the capital raise to “expand its product offering to the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.” Making Remittances Less...
Ron Swanson Visits Half-Life 2’s Europe, Hates Every Minute Of It
30.8.2023
Park and Rec’s own Ronald Ulysses “Ron” Swanson, the internet’s favorite small-government libertarian, is the latest television character to visit a video game in a new video from talented YouTube creator eli_handle_b․wav.Read more
MiCA: The good, the bad and the ugly of the EU’s crypto rules
30.8.2023
The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulatory framework isn’t all good, but it provides a level of clarity foreign to the United States
Jacobi spot Bitcoin ETF classed as 'environmental investing' by issuer
29.8.2023
Jacobi FT Wilshire Bitcoin ETF has been defined as an Article 8 fund by its issuer firm