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Blockchain is helping dark web market users, and the african success at the same time!

31 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Crypto4you23

Introduction:   After watching the documentary, named: ‘’Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution’’ I realize how important is the Bitcoin on African continent, to evolve its economy and make a new financial system in this time. African people can’t...

No Internet Connection or Smartphone? You Can Still Use Bitcoin Now (*).

22 Aug 2022 3 minute read 5 comments ssaurel

(*): Only in Africa for the moment, thanks to the promising Machankura project. Bitcoin is available to virtually everyone on Earth. I have to say “virtually” here because as it is, you still need an Internet connection to be able to use Bitcoin. The...

Top 10 Exchanges for Buying and Selling Crypto in Africa

18 Aug 2022 4 minute read 2 comments TheNiftyRevolution

    Cryptocurrency exchanges in Africa are online platforms that act as intermediaries between buyers and sellers of digital assets. Many people think that cryptocurrencies are the way that money will operate in the future since they provide a me...

SiBAN P2P Conference: promoting blockchain adoption through education

4 Aug 2022 3 minute read 1 comment Crypto Smart

SiBAN P2P Conference, the first of its kind, will be held on the 6th of August, 2022 at Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. According to Senator Ihenyen, the President of SiBAN, the conference which will be a hybrid event is part of the association...

Abandoned by the World Bank or the UN, Migrants in Africa Are Turning to Bitcoin.

25 Jul 2022 4 minute read 3 comments ssaurel

A report published by the World Bank in May 2022 indicated that remittances would reach $630B in 2022 with obvious record flows in Ukraine. This is the logical consequence of the war triggered in Ukraine by the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022,...

The Gambia Bans All Timber Exports

2 Jul 2022 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite

In an effort to combat illegal logging and West African Rosewood smuggling, officials of The Gambia have banned all timber exports, revoked all active export licenses, and will now also prohibit rosewood imports effective immediately. Port authoritie...

The Central African Republic Clarifies Its Project With Bitcoin – The Goal Is to Become a Model for Africa.

30 May 2022 5 minute read 2 comments ssaurel

A little over a week ago, I was wondering about the choice of the President of the Republic of Central Africa Faustin-Archange Touadéra to make Bitcoin a legal currency in his country. My big question was not related to Bitcoin itself, but rather to...

Nigeria IPR project: the biggest crypto project in the world

24 May 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Crypto Smart

According to a tweet by Koibanx, Nigeria is launching the biggest Crypto project in the world which is the Nigeria IPR project. It is said that The Nigerian government has signed a 3years exclusive Intellectual Property Right (IPR) agreement with Dev...

Is Vladimir Putin's Russia behind the adoption of Bitcoin as a legal tender in Central Africa?

20 May 2022 3 minute read 2 comments ssaurel

At the end of April 2022, the Central African Republic became the second nation in the world to make Bitcoin an official currency. The African country joins President Nayib Bukele's El Salvador. This could be the inspiring story of a troubled nation...

The Central African Republic Approves Bitcoin as Legal Tender

7 May 2022 1 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite

Lawmakers of the Central African Republic (CAR) unanimously voted and passed a bill to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender, becoming the second nation in the world after El Salvador to approve the usage of the cryptocurrency. CAR President Faustin-Ar...