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7 May 2021 5 minute read 3 comments Heath Muchena
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are booming and interest by individuals, corporations and even governments is increasing. Presently, up to 80% of banks globally are exploring or trying to implement Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Countries like Ch...
5 May 2021 6 minute read 4 comments Heath Muchena
Africa is uniquely placed to trade with growing markets in the East, established markets in the West, and domestic markets on the continent. With its youthful population exceeding 1 billion, and projected to more than double by 2050, most Africans ar...
5 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Heath Muchena
Bit.com was established in February 2019 and is incorporated in Seychelles. It’s a high-performance derivative exchange launched by Matrixport, an integrated financial services firm. Matrixport was a spinoff from Bitmain Technologies, the world’s lar...
5 May 2021 4 minute read 5 comments Heath Muchena
This time we are putting the lens on Blockchain.com, to see if aside from having perhaps the best URL in the cryptosphere, whether their service and products are of industry-topping quality too. Home to over 60 million free wallets that have transac...
5 May 2021 5 minute read 7 comments Heath Muchena
In what is regarded as the most famous and biggest hack in bitcoin history, about 850,000 BTC ($460 Million at the time) was stolen from the Mt.Gox exchange in 2014. Also in 2020, about $3.8 billion worth of crypto was stolen in more than 120 hack...
4 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Heath Muchena
Most decentralized finance platforms in cryptocurrency are built on the Ethereum blockchain. While this provides many benefits, namely transparent transactions along with no central point of failure for these platforms (meaning they will never go off...
4 May 2021 5 minute read 7 comments Heath Muchena
Over the past few years, gold has proved to be a safe haven commodity for investors. However, the recent pandemic seems to be a positive turning point for its fierce competitor bitcoin. the reputation of the digital asset as a safe commodity waxed st...
3 May 2021 3 minute read 1 comment Heath Muchena
Back in 2013, an exchange called BitX was launched, before later being rebranded as Luno in 2016. Co-founder and CEO, Marcus Swanepoel, was behind much of the successful growth of the company, which now boasts over 200 employees and 5 million users i...
3 May 2021 3 minute read 13 comments Heath Muchena
What Is Diem, Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency? Diem (formerly known as Libra) is a cryptocurrency created by Facebook on a secure and reliable open-source blockchain, backed by a supply of readily available assets, and placed under the management of a...
3 May 2021 3 minute read 5 comments Heath Muchena
There are dozens of different platforms in the world of decentralized finance. The most popular DeFi platforms are decentralized cryptocurrency lending and borrowing services. These offer incredible benefits to both lenders and borrowers, primarily b...
