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You might think NFTs are unreasonably priced, but there are many reasons they are considered valuable, and people spend billions buying them monthly.
With blockchain and satellite geo locations, Etherisc is providing decentralised insurance for smallholder farmers. It has onboarded 22,000 Kenyan farmers, and here’s how it works.
On Friday, April 8, 2022, the popular coffin dance meme by @nanaotafrija was sold for over a million dollars. We explain how an already viral video can be sold for so much and what you own when you buy an NFT.
While the crypto market remains in a bear run, regulation and legislation efforts on crypto are in a bull run. Ukraine is legalising it while the US is trying to understand it. Let’s find out where the crypto market goes from here.
As the Russia-Ukraine War lingers, Ukraine has called for support in crypto donations. And in only a few days, the contributions have risen to a whopping $54m. How does this affect the crypto market being a small asset class?
African children are creating 10,000 NFTs to fund quality education for themselves and others worldwide. We sat with the teams behind the initiative and discussed the story behind it.
NFTs are growing in popularity, and there has been an increase in the number of NFT-related scams, with wash traders making over $8m in 2021. We explore how wash trading is done and what it means for the NFT market.
Unfamiliar terms and complex charts are some features that make blockchain platforms complex, but Crevatal has a design solution to make it as simple as ABC.
The crypto market opened on a dull note in 2022; however, there might be a bit of good news. The Technext Coinference projects some exciting things to look forward to in 2022.
In recent times, the term Web3 has been thrown around a lot on the Internet. It has been dubbed the next version of the web, but what does it mean?
From Grammy nominations to several international collaborations, the Nigerian music industry is at an exciting place right now, but what does the future hold for the growing industry?
The Metaverse might be virtual but the amount of money invested in it is very real. Nestcoin is creating a path for Africans into the virtual universe through a gaming DAO — Metaverse Magna.
People are making a killing with NFTs. This year, over $10bn have traded hands in the market but the concept is still very new. Sounds cool, yeah? Here’s a guide that tells you all you need to make money with NFTs.
From #Dogecoin to #shibainu and now $WKD, meme coins are popping up everywhere and getting big rallies. But are they all worth the hype? What are meme coins and why should we care about them?
Tory Lanez made $1m selling his music as an NFT without a label or streaming service. Henry Coco-Bassey wants the same for African artistes. He shares his story on minting Africa’s first music NFT.
From NFTs to DeFi and DAO, blockchain is doing more than fostering crypto transactions. @BlockchainNG has launched its DAO, an organisation that exists as a computer code on a blockchain network. But how secure is it?
The Nigerian federal government is expected to launch the eNaira over a private blockchain. How much control will the CBN have over your eNaira wallet, and how transparent will this setup be?
Last week, something happened, and @jermah4 said to her family, “we could ‘NFT’ that thing o.” And they asked, “what is NFT?” In this article, she explains what NFTs or Non-fungible tokens are, in simple terms.
With 80% of the world’s central banks planning to launch their currencies in response to rapid crypto adoption, what’s the fate of #Bitcoin?
What are we to expect as Nigeria plans to launch its eNaira on October 1, 2021. How will it work? Will our transactions be monitored? Will it curb inflation? Experts answer these questions and more. Dive in!