A Bitcoin surge to $120,000. Sounds great, right? Before you start popping champagne, let's talk about something most analysts conveniently forget: Africa. We're not just talking about a continent; we're talking about a billion-plus people with unique economic realities, challenges, and aspirations. Their view of this possible new crypto gold...
From one year to the next, the world of finance is changing in remarkable ways. The new partnership between Mastercard and Chainlink is a huge leap towards connecting traditional finance with the decentralized financial (DeFi) world. This partnership would provide more than 3 billion Mastercard cardholders around the globe with...
Partly, that’s because the arrival of USD1 on the TRON blockchain is not your run-of-the-mill stablecoin launch. It's a potential earthquake shaking the foundations of traditional finance, especially when viewed through the lens of financial inclusion and regulatory control. But is this generous benevolent tremor or a catastrophic aftershock lurking...
Nigeria has a rich and rapidly developing financial scene. The country is at a historic crossroads as it determines how it’s going to treat Bitcoin. The ongoing debate centers around whether to classify Bitcoin as a security or to recognize its potential as an economic lifeline. This ruling has severe...
Gated communities are for amateurs – traditional finance is the real gated community. For too long, the bond market has been an opaque, exclusive club. It has shut everyday investors out, preventing countless Americans from building wealth. What if we could tokenize access, break down those barriers and create a...
Now picture that same mother, living in war-torn Sana’a, Yemen—unable to provide even basic food for her kids. Now, sanctions have destroyed the Iranian banking system. Because of this, it’s almost impossible for her families overseas to send remittances—the lifeline that previously kept her family in good health and safety....
A new analysis, carried out by TRM Labs, shows an important trend among Yemeni citizens — a shift to decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. As a result, the retrospective study shows that more than 63% of cryptocurrency related web traffic coming from Yemen is going to DeFi platforms. This flood has...
DeFi is maturing. The TVL figures are on the rise. Protocols are establishing deeper roots, and traditional finance is climbing a higher wall, looking at what’s being cultivated with curiosity and interest at the other side. Let’s not go overboard in being impressed with the impressiveness. The question isn’t whether...
Now picture doing that while the very financial system that you need to support you is being weaponized against you. We know it’s a frustrating and daunting challenge. That’s the new normal for millions of Yemenis, collateral damage in US sanctions targeting the Houthi movement. These sanctions, though imposed with...
The price of APT might be waffling around $4.70, and traders are squinting at charts trying to decipher Elliott Waves, but let's be honest: that's not the story. The story with Aptos is much bigger than just a quick pump and dump. Specifically, whether or not its DeFi advancements can...
