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2022 crypto predictions from Prime Trust CFO Rodrigo Vicuna

TechCrunch

ust look at the numbers: 80 million unique crypto wallets; Bitcoin and Ether grew 60% and 407%, respectively; El Salvador adopted bitcoin as official currency; the NFT market generated $2.5 Rodrigo Vicuna is chief financial officer at Prime Trust. Cryptocurrency and blockchain had a breakout year in 2021. billion in trades. Impressive?

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Fintech startups lead the layoff wave

TechCrunch

In 2021, fintech startups were the top recipients of venture capital globally, accounting for about 21% of dollars raised with $131.5 So far in 2022, fintech startups are earning another, less favorable distinction — accounting for the third largest number of layoffs, by percentage, globally. for global expansion. And elsewhere.

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

TechCrunch

They include high-profile crypto and web3 investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research (FTX) and Distributed Global. We are pleased to partner with MARA as it embarks on building a digital financial system for Sub-Saharan Africa,” says Schuster Tanger, co-founder of TQ Ventures, one of the investors, in a statement.

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

TechCrunch

Bitcoin has integrated with a layer-two protocol called the Lightning Network to increase its speed and efficiency while lowering transaction costs, a piece of infrastructure used by the nation of El Salvador and major crypto exchanges such as Kraken. based e-commerce site using Visa’s rails. .

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What we know about China’s cryptocurrency crackdown

The Verge

Xinjiang’s massive role in global crypto mining was driven home in April 2021 when a single coal plant in the region flooded and shut down for a weekend, reportedly reducing worldwide Bitcoin mining capacity by around 35 percent. It’s worth noting that China is also developing its own centralized digital currency.

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Meet Your Local NetSquared Organizer at #17NTC

Tech Soup

These global leaders are coming from the United Kingdom, Uganda, Florida, and DC. Portland, Oregon: Digital Inclusion: Why Access for All Matters More than Ever. Los Angeles, California: Digital Activism: How Much Can You Really Accomplish? Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Wednesday, March 8, 2017.

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Bitcoin 2025 predictions: Will BTC go to the moon?

Mashable Tech

Macroeconomic indicators are all over the place, and the global geopolitical situation hasn't been this messy since the Cold War era. Hal Finney For years, Bitcoin was almost a joke, with proponents seemingly waiting forever for it to become the peer-to-peer digital cash that Nakamoto envisioned. has ever seen. investment companies.

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