New Crypto Partnership Takes Aim at Africa’s Unfavorable Financial System

A new partnership in the cryptocurrency space wants to address financial inequities on the continent of Africa. Digital finance and payment platform Sesacash announced in a blog post on April 14 that it is partnering with peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform CryptoLocally. The two firms aim to solve the various challenges facing Africa’s financial sector. Sesacash CEO and co-founder Blaise Bayuo told Cointelegraph that easy access to cryptocurrencies will help Africans enjoy cheaper and faster cross-border payments: “Cryptocurrencies offer a cheaper and faster medium to make cross-border payments into Africa and…

Back to the Grind: BiboxEurope’s New Move on XRP

As months of work on platform reconstruction is about to conclude, BiboxEurope – the leading fiat-to-crypto exchange – is back to the grind along with its new move with XRP. The last time the platform hit the market was with its cooperation with London Stock Exchange Group announced at the end of last year. The BiboxEurope community is able to trade XRP against EUR, GBP, and CHF on their favorite platform just now. The listing of XRP trading pairs is part of the platform’s continued initiative to provide fiat trading capacity to…

Back to the Grind: BiboxEurope’s New Move on XRP

As months of work on platform reconstruction is about to conclude, BiboxEurope – the leading fiat-to-crypto exchange – is back to the grind along with its new move with XRP. The last time the platform hit the market was with its cooperation with London Stock Exchange Group announced at the end of last year. The BiboxEurope community is able to trade XRP against EUR, GBP, and CHF on their favorite platform just now. The listing of XRP trading pairs is part of the platform’s continued initiative to provide fiat trading capacity to…

New Venture Studio Offers $100K Funding to Algorand DApp Startups

Blockchain investment company Eterna and venture capital fund Borderless Capital have teamed up to launch Eterna Borderless Venture Studio, to support projects on the Algorand platform.  The aim is to drive adoption and growth by providing tools and resources to decentralized app — or DApp — developers and entrepreneurs. Startups are eligible to receive funding up to $100,000, with Borderless Capital able to offer a follow-up investment of up to $2 million for companies that emerge as category-leading businesses. The venture studio includes student groups from some of the world’s…

Bitcoin MUST ACT NOW (Before it’s too late)

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io This market trading analysis applies to various exchanges, including Bitmex and Binance. Tackling questions like if Bitcoin can reach 20k again and if we will be … ▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Youtube version

Oil Companies Will Dominate BTC Mining in Five Years: Marty Bent

Mining Bitcoin (BTC) has often been criticised for its exorbitant power usage, but podcaster Marty Bent has embraced a solution that he says actually reduces waste in the oil and gas (O&G) sector. In an April 15 blog post, Bent revealed that since last year he had been mining Bitcoin with the Great American Mining (GAM) company, using excess gas formed as a byproduct of mining oil to power the rigs.  GAM deployed their first small mining operation in the form of a shipping container in an oil field last…

Ripple (XRP) Turns ‘Sell’ Below This Key Support (Now Resistance)

Ripple is down close to 5% and it broke the key $0.1810 support zone against the US Dollar. XRP price is currently recovering, but the same support is likely to protect gains. Ripple price is back in a bearish zone below the $0.1810 support against the US dollar. A new weekly low is formed near $0.1738 and the price is currently correcting higher. There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.1815 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could…