When Will Bitcoin Be Truly Inclusive?
If bitcoin is the great leveller, then why is it still mostly driven by people who are young, white, tech-savvy, and with full access to banking services? This month, the Bitcoin Foundation has been quietly setting up a committee for Financial Inclusion. The aim, says committee head Andreas Antonopoulos, is to increase awareness and education about bitcoin's potential role in that area. Around 2.5bn people in the world don't use formal or semi-formal banking or financial services, according to the World Bank. But Antonopoulos - a luminary in the bitcoin space, and the chief security....
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Merchants: take not. Announced this afternoon on Twitter, Bitcoin payment processor BitPay has announced that all-inclusive plans are now open for enrollment. The company allows users to sign up from their "Starter" plan, which has subscription price, but carries a 1% transaction fee. The "Professional", "Business", and "Enterprise" carry prices of $30, $300, and #3,000 respectively. As a merchant, do you find BitPay's all-inclusive plans of interest?
Decentral oracle podium, Plugin & Web3 based incentive Inclusive Growth Chain, have come under the same roof to provide real-world data about the air pollution content. Both parties are merging in a project Pollution Check, which is aimed to track and trace contaminants in the air. In this context, let’s investigate the Plugin and Inclusive […]
The Plugin and Inclusive Growth Chain have collaborated to implement the ‘Project Pollution Check’. The Pollution Check is designated to collect and tabularize the data regarding air pollution. And further help end-users like air purifier producers, realtors, and the environment conversalists both in public & private sectors. In this context, let’s investigate the Plugin and Inclusive Growth Chain partnership and the way the ensuing blockchain-based answers will assist to enhance real-time air-pollutants tracking and ease the development of specific blockchain outcomes. Today, poor....
A contest for inclusive fintech shows the potential for crypto-related tech to help the world's poor, but also how much it still needs to develop.
Allen Wei, the CEO of LBank exchange, told Cointelegraph that blockchain could contribute to the creation of a robust economy in Africa. As one of the most populated continents in the world, Africa continues to be an important target for blockchain proponents, as adoption in the region could have a significant impact on the broader crypto economy. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Allen Wei, the CEO of crypto exchange LBank, explained that blockchain can have a significant impact on Africa. Moreover, Wei highlighted that adoption within the region can have an effect on crypto and....