Bitpapa Enters Kenyan Cryptocurrency Market
PRESS RELEASE. In the face of financial regulators’ overall negative attitude toward digital assets, P2P marketplaces have become the platforms of choice across Africa. As the world leader in P2P cryptocurrency exchange, Kenya has drawn much attention from many P2P exchange service providers. Bitpapa is one of them, and it has recently entered the Kenyan crypto market. As a global P2P marketplace operating worldwide, Bitpapa has been offering cryptocurrency trading services since 2018, only a matter of time before it entered the highly lucrative Kenyan cryptocurrency....
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The Students’ Lavish Lifestyle
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