Africa. A continent full of hope, held back by a lack of energy access. Today, hundreds of millions still live without access to reliable electricity, holding back their education, healthcare, and economic opportunity. What if the answer to Africa's energy woes lies in something unexpected: Bitcoin mining?Mining: Powering Homes, Fueling...
The headlines shout “Green Bitcoin!” Renewable energy fuelling the digital gold rush! Coal is out, sunshine is in! Before we all give ourselves a round of applause and call Bitcoin environmentally friendly, it is time to pump the brakes. Is this green shift truly a revolution, or more of an...
Polyhedra Network is launching the Polyhedra Friends Season Campaign. They’re planning to reward active decentralized exchange (DEX) users with a total of $1 million worth of their ZKJ tokens! The initiative, dubbed “Get On Solana,” incentivizes frequent users on the Solana blockchain network. On top of that, it identifies users...
The game has changed. The narrative of Bitcoin as a purely decentralized, peer-to-peer currency is fading, replaced by a new reality: institutional dominance. Never mind the cypherpunks and early adopters. Today, Wall Street giants and corporate behemoths are wielding an unprecedented influence over Bitcoin’s future. What does all of this...
This week, Bitcoin witnessed some particularly exhilarating excitement. It was an exciting time, with significant progress in sustainable mining practices, huge institutional investment, and persistent regulatory hurdles all occurring in Arizona. These elements together create a dynamic picture of Bitcoin, shaping not just current market sentiment but its long-term trajectory....
The story of cryptocurrency today is one filled with scary-seeming algorithms, intimidating server farms, and techno-fortune-harboring billionaires. What if I told you that the future of crypto was being molded by a new generation a continent away in Africa. Not the titans of silicon valley, but rather the rattle of...
Apple is cracking the App Store doors a little wider to NFTs. This step seems like a plant, a move designed to sidetrack rather than advance. We should be celebrating, right? More freedom for crypto developers! But before we get too celebratory, and we should, let’s examine the Greek gift...
Apple’s App Store policies have a history of raising eyebrows. Their treatment of in-app purchases and bans on external links has been widely condemned. A recent U.S. court decision has left that developer community buzzing with uncertainty. This decision, followed by further policy changes, has had a significant chilling effect...
Is Africa on the cusp of a crypto renaissance, or are we doomed to repeat history and face another crypto calamity? The recent saga involving OKX, its DEX aggregator, and the infamous Lazarus Group has thrown a harsh spotlight on the promise and peril of decentralized finance (DeFi) in Africa....
Airdrops. Sounds like what you’d hear in a sci-fi film, huh? Except, instead of deploying soldiers, we’re deploying opportunity. In Africa, that opportunity is coming with astonishing urgency. It’s sparking a revolution, breaking down years of economic disinvestment. Forget trickle-down economics, this is torrential-downpour economics awash in crypto and decentralization....