Africa to bring 100 million users to DeFi in three years from now, says found...
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson predicts that the DeFi revolution will take place in the developing world. Charles Hoskinson predicts that the Decentralized Finance sector will acquire 100 million users within the next three years by tapping into the developing world's market potential.“Who's actually going to do peer-to-peer loans? Who's actually going to do peer-to-peer insurance? Who's actually gonna do peer-to-peer payments? I got news for you, not a guy living in New York”, pointed out Hoskinson in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph. Cardano, the decentralized cryptocurrency....
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Indications are rife that Bitcoin use will grow in parts of Africa in the coming years in the mobile payment market which Statistics says is expected to grow to 101.34 million users in 2016. EY's attractiveness survey Africa 2015 says capital investment into Africa between 2013 and 2014 surged to $128 billion, up 136% and foreign direct investment FDI created 188,400 new African jobs at a 68% increase. Co-founder of Chankura in South Africa, Thabang Mashiloane, says they have discovered that ±13% of the $128 billion has been flowing within Africa in remittances and the large number of the....
The CEO of Cardano developers IOHK sees a promising path towards DeFi adoption throughout the world's second-most populous continent In one of his frequent Youtube missives to his following, CEO of IOHK — the developers behind the Cardano Blockchain — Charles Hoskinson revealed that the company’s long-term developmental focus will hinge on Africa, going so far as to say the world’s second-most populous continent might be the future for decentralized finance (DeFi) development. ““When we ask ourselves, ‘who will be the consumers of DeFi who will be in need of identity systems and payment....
Juniter’s prediction of 5 million Bitcoin users by 2019 sounds lackluster, but if current activity in Africa is sustained, it could also be proven meaningless. On the February 4, Juniter, a leading mobile and digital tech industry analyst firm, published research on the future of cryptocurrencies. The report predicted that Bitcoin and other crypto coins are not likely to attain significant growth, in terms of retail adoption, in the next four years. It gives worldwide projection of about 5 million active bitcoin users in 2019, up from 1.3 million in 2014. In fact, the advice to online....
According to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Africa will be home to 300 million new internet users in the next five years. Web3 and social games publisher Carry1st has raised $20 million in Series A funding to further expand product development in Africa — a continent that could become the premier hub for the gaming industry over the next decade. The investment round was led by Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, which has been highly active in the blockchain space, with additional participation from Avenir and Google-parent Alphabet. Carry1st’s existing backers, including Riot....
Bitcoin adoption around the world is a patient process, as one of the factors involved in the currency’s success relies on internet connectivity. The Western world has gotten accustomed to having the internet at their disposal wherever they go, but things are vastly different in areas such as Africa, South America and parts of Asia. Facebook wants to....