Patricia Technologies: Appraising Africa’s Leading Digital Products Trading Platform

Coinspeaker Patricia Technologies: Appraising Africa’s Leading Digital Products Trading PlatformPatricia Technologies is one of Nigeria’s foremost digital asset trading platforms. With a luxury debit card offering among other options, the company creates unique trading experiences for its many customers. дальше »

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Ignorance and Greed Sustain Cryptocurrency Scams in Nigeria

Nigeria is not only Africa’s biggest cryptocurrency market but is also a leading adopter of digital currencies globally. Official figures show the country is well ahead of fellow African countries. дальше »

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Electroneum Mines Multi-Country Charity Donations During COVID-19

U.K.-based Electroneum is helping students in Nigeria and India with block rewards reaped from its token, ETN. The strategy also helps its business. дальше »

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No End in Sight as Nigeria Devalues Currency Over 5%

The Nigerian government continues to devalue its currency, the naira, according to reports from the central bank. The bank offered naira at a recent auction at 380 to the dollar, an increase of over 5%. дальше »

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Bitcoin Adoption Explosion in Africa, Led by Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa

Bitcoin continues to gain traction in Africa, with Kenya being the most bitcoin maximalist country, with 94. 7% dominance. The top 10 list also contains Nigeria at the 5th spot and South Africa at the 6th spot. дальше »

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BTC Usage in Africa Intensifying, Nigeria’s Naira Posting Highest Volume After USD on P2P Exchanges

Bitcoin adoption in Africa continues to ramp up. On peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange platform, Paxful and LocalBitcoins, Nigeria's Naira accounted for $9 million of trading volume each week. This growing usage has Nigeria's Naira second most used currency after the US Dollar. дальше »

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Remitano Adds Nigerian Naira Wallet with Instant Trade Feature

Remitano, one of the most popular peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplaces in Nigeria, has added a fiat wallet for Naira (NGN). This brand-new Naira fiat wallet will allow users (of Level 2 and above) who require quick transfers between Naira and crypto on the platform. дальше »

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9 Countries Show Huge Growth in Cryptocurrency Interest: Coinmarketcap

Coinmarketcap has revealed the top countries with the largest increase in the number of users. One segment shows the countries with the most user growth in the first quarter include India, Pakistan, Colombia, Canada, and Nigeria. дальше »

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South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria's affair with Bitcoin triggering continent-wide adoption

Developing markets have a lot to gain from many of Bitcoin's use cases. This narrative has played out predominantly in several parts of Africa and Latina America, especially over the last few years. дальше »

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Binance Incubated ‘Bundle’ App Rolls Out in Africa for Cash and Crypto Social Payments

As per an announcement from April 23, Bundle now lets its users send, receive and request cash and crypto from Nigeria. The company is planning to expand its services to more than 30 countries in Africa by the end of 2020, providing a simple crypto fiat on and off-ramp across the continent. Aside from the […] дальше »

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Binance-Backed Crypto Payments App Launches as Race for Africa Heats Up

The payments app launched initially in Nigeria, but there are plans to expand to 30 African nations his year. дальше »

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Introducing ‘Bundle,’ an Africa-focused Social Payments App for Cash and Crypto

NIGERIA, April 23, 2020:  Bundle, an Africa-focused social payments app for cash and cryptocurrencies, backed by Binance, today has launched in Nigeria. Founded by Yele Bademosi, formerly a director at Binance Labs, Bundle allows users to request, send, and receive cash or crypto from their peers. дальше »

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Nigeria Becomes Eighth African Nation to Welcome Bitcoin ATMs

Despite having the largest Bitcoin trade volume in Africa, Nigeria is the eighth country in the continent to welcome a Bitcoin ATM

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3 Debit Cards Nigerians Can Use to Spend Cryptocurrencies in Stores and Online

Options to acquire cryptocurrencies in Nigeria have been growing in number, along with increasing interest in bitcoin. Nigerians are also starting to see more opportunities to spend their coins in brick and mortar stores and at online merchants. дальше »

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Nigerians Can Now Buy Bitcoin With Cash From Stores and ATMs That Take Naira

If there’s a place where cryptocurrencies draw significantly more attention than anywhere else right now, it has to be Nigeria. Africa’s largest economy is driven by its oil exports, expanding manufacturing, financial services, communications and information technology sectors, but also by a tech-savvy generation that asks Google about Bitcoin more than its peers in other […] The post Nigerians Can Now Buy Bitcoin With Cash From Stores and ATMs That Take Naira appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

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Binance and Others Are Rushing to Provide Stablecoins to Nigerian Crypto Users

Here's how crypto exchanges are on-boarding unbanked users in Nigeria. дальше »

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Wifi Sharing Platform Wicrypt Gets Government Grant in Nigeria

A crypto startup providing wifi hotspot sharing services in Nigeria has won funding from the country’s telecom regulator. Wicrypt placed second among 25 tech companies participating in an innovation competition organized by the Nigeria Communication Commission and it’s going to receive a grant worth 2 million naira to finance its project. дальше »

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Africa’s First Stablecoin is based on Nigerian Naira & Built on Binance Chain

The very first stablecoin of Africa is backed by Naira, the fiat currency of Nigeria and it will be built on Binance Chain, the blockchain software system developed by the leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance. дальше »

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Bitcoin and Gift Cards Are Powering a Million Dollar Remittance Market in Africa

How Nigeria’s $32.5 Million Plan B Is Taking Shape

The post Bitcoin and Gift Cards Are Powering a Million Dollar Remittance Market in Africa appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Africa’s First Stablecoin is Built on Binance Chain

Africa’s first stablecoin, the Africa Stable-Coin(ABCD) is backed by Nigeria’s national currency, the Naira. Also, the fiat-backed crypto is built on Binance’s native blockchain, the Binance Chain. дальше »

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Nigeria's Bitcoin interest flies in the face of Central Bank's caution

Conceived as an alternative to traditional financial and banking solutions, cryptocurrencies have come a long way. However, despite mainstream recognition, there remain many, both in governments and mThe post Nigeria's Bitcoin interest flies in the face of Central Bank's caution appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Bitcoin Usage in Nigeria Surging Despite Govt. Caveats

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned that bitcoin and digital currencies are not legal tenders but Nigerians don’t seem to care.   Bitcoin Adoption Rising Despite Apex Bank, Senate Warnings In its December 2019 edition of ‘The Nigerian Banker’, the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) highlighted how bitcoin is booming in Nigeria, despite the central bank’s anti-crypto stance. дальше »

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Jack Dorsey eyes African market

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey spent November on an extended trip through Africa, talking with Bitcoin business owners in Ghana, meeting with tech startups in Nigeria, and talking up the region’s Bitcoin prospects. дальше »

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PR: Remco – Powerful Distributed Token Generating Platform

remittancetoken. io – Token-Generating Platform for Money Transfer currently trading on Digifinex has announced it's sponsoring blockchain Finance Lagos conference event in Africa's largest market, Nigeria. дальше »

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Belfrics Group launches first group of DApps on Belrium blockchain

Belfrics Group launches first group of DApps on Belrium blockchain » CryptoNinjas Belfrics Group, a cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain technology company, recently launched its new range of decentralized applications (DApps) on its Belrium blockchain for utilization by small businesses to large enterprises. дальше »

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CEO of Nigeria’s Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Cautions Public of Risks in Cryptocurrencies

Umaru Ibrahim, the CEO and managing director of the NDIC, released a notice warning the public against heavy reliance on cryptocurrencies as payment options in the country. The official press release by the corporation states that the CEO advises ‘maximum caution’ when dealing with cryptocurrencies. The comment were made during a courtesy call by the […] дальше »

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Nigeria: Speaker of the House of Reps Believes in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain

Nigeria’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the proliferation of bitcoin (BTC), altcoins and distributed ledger technology (DLT) into the global financial ecosystem has made it quite critical for the most populous nation in Africa to formulate amenable regulations for its cryptospace in order not to be leftRead MoreRead More. дальше »

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West Africa Gets Serious with New Banking Technologies

Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa has announced plans to officially adopt an open banking standard powered by new technologies such as distributed ledger technology (DLT), to promote transparency in the financial services sector, according to a report by local news source the Guardian on July 1, 2019. дальше »

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Spanish police arrest Bitcoin launderers in international credit card fraud case

Spanish police have arrested 35 people allegedly involved in an international counterfeit bank card ring which laundered its profits using Bitcoin. Criminals made more than $675,855 (€600,000) and laundered more than $891,250 (€1,000,000), according to local media reports. дальше »

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Top 10 Biggest Cities Now Googling For ‘Bitcoin’

Bitcoin economist, Tuur Demeester, has been Googling Google for the cities where ‘Bitcoin’ was Googled the most. Thankfully, he tweeted the results on Twitter. Top 10 Cities Googling Bitcoin Right Now 1. дальше »

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Fake Facebook accounts are influencing African elections

Facebook has issued a statement on how it removed fake accounts originating from Israel that ran Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts that carried false information looking to influence elections in several African countries. дальше »

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Bitcoin, Not Blockchain: People Feverishly Search for World’s First Crypto

By CCN: Around the world, the majority of searches related to cryptocurrency involve the word “Bitcoin,” a new report by ConsenSys concludes. Excepting a few Asian countries, most of the world wants to find information about Bitcoin. дальше »

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