VALR, a South African startup that’s yet to launch, has raised the $1.5 million in a seed funding round that was led by Bittrex — a United State blockchain trading platform.…
As cryptocurrency-dealing startups continue to thrive, Nigerian regulatory authorities will have to play catch-up
Some of the activities of the Nigerian companies in the cryptocurrency space as reported in the Nigerian Startup Funding Report 2018.…
Nigeria’s apex bank may be looking to regulate cryptocurrencies, industry players say it’s time
Nigeria’s central bank may be looking to regulate cryptocurrency, but industry experts and players are not worried.…
No one is sure about cryptocurrencies, but Microtraction is banking on Bitkoin Africa to deliver
Microtraction recently announced its second investment yet, in Bitkoin Africa. Amid uncertainties and strict regulations, the cryptocurrency trading startup could face some challenges as a relatively …
Facebook is allowing cryptocurrency ads again, through an application process
Facebook has reversed its ban on cryptocurrency ads but advertisers have to go through an application process to place such ads.…
$9.4 billion raised from ICOs within first 5 months of 2018
In spite of the global clampdown on cryptocurrency by governments and Internet companies, the digital currency keeps getting more relevance. According to CoinSchedule, the sum of $9.4 billion was rais…
Nigeria, and Africa by extension, may soon have its first blockchain technology incubator
Part of the reason the company chose Nigeria to build this cryptocurrency technology incubator has to do with its demographics.…
IMF boss, Christine Lagarde endorses cryptocurrency
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde recently published a blog post where she highlighted the importance of crypto-assets and claims they can transform how…
Global LinkUP: Cryptocurrencies are having a hard time around the world
The Global Linkup is a summary roundup of important tech news curated from around the world. On this week’s edition of the global news round up, the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data breach saga c…
Global LinkUP: The powerful women of cryptocurrency
On this week’s global news roundup, cryptocurrencies are doing an uncertain dance, Australia is running scared of China and a Silicon Valley startup wants to backup your brain in the cloud. Also…
Google to ban cryptocurrency-related ads and content from its platform
In a blog post published earlier in the week, Google revealed plans to ban all cryptocurrency-related ads and content from its platform…
Who should worry about cryptocurrency, banks or investors?
Cryptocurrency, which Investopedia defines as a digital currency that is created and managed through the use of advanced encryption techniques, has been on the forefront of the bubble in the global fi…
Global LinkUP: Milennials are reportedly leaving Facebook for Snapchat
On this week’s news roundup, cryptocurrencies are still going through trials and tribulations, Snapchat is dominating in the social media wars, and Amazon is making beast moves. Read on. Snapcha…