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

TechCrunch

Other VCs in the round include TQ Ventures, DIGITAL, Nexo, Huobi Ventures, Day One Ventures and Infinite Capital and DAO Jones (investment DAO backed by Mike Shinoda, Steve Aoki and Disclosure), while about 100 other crypto investors participated too. “We

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What we know about China’s cryptocurrency crackdown

The Verge

While we haven’t seen any reports of China flat-out outlawing cryptocurrencies, the government started issuing warnings about trading and mining cryptocurrencies in May, and told the country’s financial giants they would have to stop dealing in crypto. It’s worth noting that China is also developing its own centralized digital currency.

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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.

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Meet Your Local NetSquared Organizer at #17NTC

Tech Soup

Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. 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. Thursday, March 2, 2017.

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

Futurism

That country is El Salvador, home to the native Pipil people of Cuscatln, ancient mangrove forests, and for four wild years, the crypto industry. The government hoped the edict would jump-start the nation's ailing economy, a growing haven for organized crime that's typical of high-poverty nations. million residents.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Webby Award for Email Newsletter : Assembly, a digital publication by Malala Fund. Webby Award for Government & Civil Innovation : USAFacts. Webby People’s Voice Award for Government & Civil Innovation : VOTE411 - Election Information You Need. Qween Beat) by PBS Digital Studios. by Homestead Brooklyn.

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Bitcoin 2025 predictions: Will BTC go to the moon?

Mashable Tech

government will no longer sell its stash thanks to Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve initiative. 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. Some nation-states, such as El Salvador , have even opted in.

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