Nigeria is struggling to push CBDC to its citizens
    27 Oct 2022
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    Nigerian digital currency, eNaira, seems not as popular as it was touted to be. As Bloomberg reported, less than 0.5% of Nigerians have used the eNaira, the central bank digital currency (CBDC) launched last year by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to a Bloomberg report, the population faced a lack of clarity from…

    CoinShares releases AI bot to calculate NFT prices, while OpenSea revises its NFT rarity ranking protocol
    23 Oct 2022
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    OpenSea revises its NFT rarity ranking protocol OpenRarity, launched on Sept. 21, after community controversial feedback. Some community members argued that the new rarity ranking protocol disrupts the market-driven rarity structure for some NFT collections. Meanwhile, CoinShares launch its own experimental AI bot to determine a fair price for some NFTs; however, some users appear…

    Crypto venture funding falls for the second quarter in a row
    17 Oct 2022
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    According to a new report released by The Block Research, crypto venture funding has fallen for its second consecutive quarter for the first time since 2018. The number of VC deals also took a sharp turn, declining by 22% quarter-on-quarter. However, infrastructure startups continue to show strong growth at the seed stages. In Q3 2022,…

    What is a Web3 browser and how does it work?
    16 Oct 2022
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    Web3 browsers, like Brave and Opera, allow users to access DApps, integrate cryptocurrencies, and surf over the decentralized web with greater privacy and security – describes Onkar Singh on Cointelegraph. A software program called a web service enables computer-to-computer communication over the internet. However, web services are nothing new and typically take the form of…

    Chainalysis: MENA region was the world’s fastest-growing crypto market
    06 Oct 2022
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    Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis’s study revealed that the Middle East and North Africa region was the fastest-growing market for crypto adoption over the 12-month period that ended on June 30. Crypto users in the region received $566 billion in crypto from July 2021 to June 2022. Users based in The Middle East and North Africa…

    Mastercard launches crypto anti-fraud tool Crypto Secure
    05 Oct 2022
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    Payments giant Mastercard launches Crypto Secure, a new software product designed to help banks and other card issuers identify and block suspicious transactions from crypto exchanges. The service is powered by CipherTrace, a blockchain security startup acquired by Mastercard last year. According to a CNBC report, Mastercard on Sept. 4 debuted a new piece of…