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Imagine this: A young entrepreneur in Nairobi, previously locked out of traditional financing, finally owns a piece of her city, all thanks to crypto-backed mortgage. Sounds like a dream, right? An innovative story of digital empowerment, wealth-building that walks around these old lines in the ground and goes straight to...
Now imagine a young Kenyan just trying to get by selling phone minutes. Today, he makes more money by playing a mobile game than he ever did on the streets! This isn’t some far out sci-fi dream. With the popularity of MMOs and play-to-earn (P2E) models already driving demand on...
The hype is deafening. A MMO market with a 10% CAGR projected, growing to more than $113 billion by 2034. Asia Pacific leading the charge. Mobile gaming dominating. Free-to-Play reigning supreme. It all sounds fantastic, right? Scratch beneath the surface, and you'll find a potentially catastrophic gamble lurking within the...
Sahara AI. Decentralized AI. Democratizing Web3. YZI Labs, Polychain, Pantera backing. $51.5 million raised. Sounds impressive, right? It’s the sort of story that can pull you in, particularly if you’ve been on the AI hype train. Read more to learn how to take a victory lap. To be specific, that...
We've seen this movie before, haven't we? A shiny new project that’s going to be the next big thing, going to change everything, built on the blockchain and powered by unicorns and rainbows. This time, it’s Sahara AI, looking to democratize AI on the continent. The question is, will it...
Is a meme coin ETF the best thing for Africa at this moment?When the CBOE filed for the Canary PENGU ETF, chicken on the crypto community. This ETF puts a large chunk of its holdings into a Solana-based meme coin and Pudgy Penguin NFTs. We saw the headlines: "First Meme...
CBOE’s decision to file a 19b-4 for the Canary PENGU ETF is indeed creating a stir, and justifiably so. At first glance, it seems like yet another legitimizing step for crypto, and especially for the Solana ecosystem. Eric Balchunas 🌚 Beyond bullish Eric’s enthusiasm is contagious, and the market experienced...
The story told about cryptocurrency always seems to include the shady Wall Street suits and Silicon Valley tech bros. That’s not the whole story. Yet one of the most important chapters is lacking. There is a bold narrative emerging from Africa that reaffirms the power of human agency, creativity, and...
Forget Bitcoin millionaires. Today’s real opportunity in crypto is not about finding the next $70,000 coin. It’s in separating the diamonds from the rough, the treasures from the trash, the projects quietly assembling the kind of infrastructure that will transform finance as we’ve known it. As a lifelong editor and...
To be fair, let’s face it — the average person doesn’t understand that a mouse is more than a mouse. Click, click, done. But you and I, we know better. Because we know that milliseconds can make all the difference, particularly when they involve real, hard cash. In the highly...
