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The Swoo wallet partnership is targeted at emerging regions like Africa and Southeast Asia, and specifically at parts unreached by Google Pay.A pilot in January saw 17,000 participants avail themselves of the 5% crypto cashback scheme.Payments giant Mastercard (MA) is working with Swoo Pay, an emerging markets-focused mobile payments app, to offer loyalty rewards in

Aug 20, 2020 at 23:00 UTC(Alexander Mak/Shutterstock)Cryptocurrency exchange Mexo, developed with Latin American users in mind, launched on Thursday, backed by global venture capital firm and blockchain incubator Krypital Group.  According to a statement from the firm, Mexo will offer a range of services to its Latin American users including spot trading, contract trading, P2P…

Aug 18, 2020 at 18:30 UTCUpdated Aug 18, 2020 at 18:43 UTCWhy the Decentralized Web’s Development Is UnstoppableSteven McKie is a founding partner and managing director at Amentum Capital, developer on HandyMiner and HandyBrowser for Handshake and host of the BlockChannel podcast. A version of this article first appeared on Medium. The time to home…

news Plans are in place to allow non-profit UNICEF to use cryptocurrencies donated by the Ethereum Foundation and other organizations to fund internet connectivity in public schools around the world. Announced at ethereum developer conference Devcon, UNICEF unveiled a cryptocurrency fund to receive, hold, and distribute bitcoin and ether donations . Making the first contributions to…

The ETF will be available for trading by accredited non-U.S. investors.Feb 9, 2021 at 1:39 p.m. UTCHashdex to Launch the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index ETFBrazil-based asset manager Hashdex said it will launch the world’s first crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Monday. Listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX), the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index ETF  will track…

Dec 26, 2019 at 19:53 UTCUpdated Dec 26, 2019 at 20:34 UTCYouTube erroneously purged cryptocurrency education videos from its video-sharing platform this week but claims to have reinstated them, according to a spokesperson. Content creators, however, are telling a different story.Responding to allegations that it had intentionally deleted content from cryptocurrency education channels ChrisDunnTV, Crypto…

The U.S. Marshals have announced a plan to auction off nearly $4.3 million worth of bitcoin next month. The government agency said in an announcement on Wednesday that the sealed bid auction is for about 660 bitcoin that were forfeited in federal criminal, civil and administrative cases. Scheduled to start on Nov. 5, the auction…

Dec 11, 2020 at 5:29 p.m. UTCCentralized exchanges get DeFi FOMO, as decentralized exchanges challenge their dominance in crypto trading. (Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)This One Graph Shows Ether Going From CeFi to DeFi: GlassnodeData from blockchain analysis firm Glassnode indicates that decentralized finance (DeFi) may be taking a huge bite out of centralized finance (CeFi)…

Jun 16, 2020 at 17:02 UTCBitcoin mining facility (Greenidge Generation)Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Makes Biggest Jump in 29 MonthsBitcoin has just posted its biggest mining difficulty increase in nearly 2.5 years. At around 17:00 UTC on Tuesday, the network adjusted its difficulty level – a measure of how hard it is for miners to compete for block…