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Nigerian Payments App Reportedly Suspending Operations Due to Government Crackdown on Crypto
Payments platform KurePay plans to suspend services to Nigerian users starting in 2022.
Crypto Adoption Shifts to Emerging Markets as China, US Drop in Chainalysis Global Rankings
Most bitcoin is traded on exchanges with central order books, but some are traded peer-to-peer (P2P). A new Chainalysis chart reveals smaller, emerging markets outside the U.S. and China are growing faster in crypto trading activity by this measure relative to what can be seen in the world's two largest crypto markets. CoinDesk's Galen Moore breaks down the Chart of the Day.
Nigeria Is the Lion of Africa in Bitcoin P2P Trading
Nigeria's crypto industry is growing fast despite the government's efforts to stunt bitcoin adoption, says a local trader.
Debt Collection Firm CIS Now Accepts Bitcoin for B2B Repayments
Corporate Intelligence Services said it launched the new repayment option to provide a better service to its "clientele."
Paxful, Citing Regulations and Its Own 'Risk Tolerance,' Exits Venezuela's P2P Bitcoin Market
The exit deprives Venezuela's crypto scene of its second-largest P2P exchange.
Paxful Chips Away at LocalBitcoins' Russian P2P Market Dominance
Paxful’s year-old foray into Russian crypto markets is paying off for the peer-to-peer exchange.
P2P Exchange LocalBitcoins Adds Crypto Surveillance Tools From Elliptic
Elliptic's tracing software bolsters the peer-to-peer exchange's anti-money laundering safeguards.
With Chat Privacy Under Threat in US, Firm Develops '100% User-Controlled' Messaging
Unstoppable Domains is working to give users full control over their chat data with a new decentralized protocol.
Bitcoin Exchange Paxful Sees 20% 2018 Growth, Driven by Africa
Despite bitcoin's price volatility in 2018, P2P exchanges Paxful and LocalBitcoins each saw significant user growth in Africa.
How Bitcoin's P2P Layer Got a Speed Hike in the Latest Core Release
MIT-funded developer Cory Fields discusses his work overhauling the code for Bitcoin Core's peer-to-peer layer – a task that was anything but easy.
