“For the last 20 years, I have talked to many SMEs around the globe and they have the same problems. Whether they are in Ghana or the US, banks are not lending to them,” says Bhairav Patel, Co-Founder & Technology Lead of Defactor
“And if they are, the process is long, drawn-out, and has so many…
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Zug, Switzerland: Blockchain company Concordium will for the first time offer the world access to a safe, transparent, and regulatable blockchain and cryptocurrency, marking the end of an era of anonymity and distrust that has undermined the development of the industry. After three years of development, the Concordium Blockchain and its Cryptocurrency, the GTU, will make…
Blockchain-based music research and analytics platform Viberate (whose native token VIB is listed on Binance, Bittrex, OKEx, and Uniswap) will test the world’s first concept of a “live performance NFT” in partnership with digital asset marketplace Blockparty. The upcoming “NFT drop” (the release and subsequent 24-hour auction of non-fungible tokens) will…
With over $45 billion in tokens locked within the Ethereum-based decentralized finance market, banks are being shorted by financial enthusiasts worldwide. DeFi is here to stay, and unlike its centralised counterparts, it provides frictionless access to collateral-backed loans, liquidity pools, and hundreds of yield farming opportunities. Day in and day out, the market roars and…
After a year of intensive development work, the team behind EarnBet is now ready to announce BeTheHouse - the newest addition to the BET Gaming Network. Effective immediately, BeTheHouse has opened its gates to the public, providing award-winning games crafted by the market’s best casino software developers, incentivised gameplay, as well as a…
Poolin, one of the largest mining collectives just finalized an upgrade to their global Ethereum infrastructure by completing the installation of an international Etherum node in the United States. In addition to the node, Poolin switched its payment method from PPLNS to PPS+, which will enable Ethereum miners to begin earning Ethereum transaction fees in addition…
Austrian-based digital asset management company Bitpanda has released it’s very own debit card, allowing users to spend their fiat currency, cryptocurrency and precious metals. Once the funds are registered online, users can fund payments using any of the investments they have with Bitpanda with a real-life physical Visa card. A unique offering and something that…
Turkey is set to pilot a digital currency in the second half of 2021. On Friday, central bank chief Naci Ağbal revealed the plans to Parliament. As reported in the Turkish media, Ağbal said, "There is an R&D project started on digital money. Currently, the conceptual phase of this project is completed. We aim to start pilot…
Bitcoin has transactional limits to what it can achieve, so when there is a high demand for the cryptocurrency, the network clogs up, causing mempool spikes. The mempool is where unconfirmed transactions await their inclusion in the blockchain. During normal operations, Bitcoin is capable of keeping up with the demands. Bitcoin transactions naturally gather in…
Peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading volume in Nigeria continues to soar as Africa’s largest economy remains a front runner of crypto adoption. Chainalysis has reported booming cryptocurrency adoption in Africa as the continent ranked second to the United States of America in peer to peer trading. According to one survey, Nigeria has the highest percentage of cryptocurrency users…