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MARA raises $23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africa’s portal to the crypto economy

TechCrunch

With the right resources, this region has potential for mass adoption of cryptocurrency. Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets. To that end, the local knowledge and specialized skills of the MARA team is quite promising.”

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Bitcoin’s bid to become the “one chain to rule them all”

TechCrunch

But Bitcoiners argue that its value is more clearly visible in developing nations, especially those experiencing hyperinflation or with sizable proportions of underbanked individuals. Bitcoin’s low fees, enabled primarily by the Lightning Network, and early widespread adoption mean the blockchain has become synonymous with payments.

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An Entire Country Switched Over to Bitcoin and It's Turned Into a Disaster

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As the United States struggles to get even basic crypto legislation off the starting line, one small nation went all in on blockchain and it's going about as well as you'd expect. That country is El Salvador, home to the native Pipil people of Cuscatln, ancient mangrove forests, and for four wild years, the crypto industry.

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Bitcoin 2025 predictions: Will BTC go to the moon?

Mashable Tech

Large entities such as corporations and nation-states have been buying bitcoins en masse, but in recent months, they've been more eager to sell than buy. Some nation-states, such as El Salvador , have even opted in. government will no longer sell its stash thanks to Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve initiative. . -

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