How Bitcoin Can Help Millions of Women Around the World
This is a guest post by Digital Currency Councilmember Amor Sexton. Western Union released a reporton the role of women in global remittances. According to the report, women currently move 50 percent of the estimated $582 billion global remittances, and they send a greater percentage of their wages than men. Women also are the largest group of....
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Crypto isn’t gender-biased but it seems that more women in the United States are now into it. According to a recent Gemini survey, around 53% of those who expressed their interest in investing in crypto are women. However, the survey coming from the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange revealed the opposite as only 26% of women actually […]