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Nigerian Inflation Rate Rises to 20.52% in August — Month-on-Month Rate Drops
While Nigeria’s year-on-year inflation rose for the seventh straight month to 20.52% in August 2022, the latest data from Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics shows that the month-on-month rate declined from 1.82% to 1.77%…
Study: Samsung Named Most Active Investor in Crypto and Blockchain Startups
Between September 2021 and mid-June 2022, Samsung invested in 13 crypto/blockchain companies thus making the South Korean corporation the most active among the top 40 corporations. Google’s parent Alphabet firm, on the other hand,…
Number of Youtube Crypto Stream Scams and Fake Domains Explodes in H1 2022
A report issued by Group-IB, a Singaporean cybersecurity company, has found that the number of cryptocurrency scams that use fake domains has exploded during the first half of 2022. The number of these domains has grown fivefold, and most…
Carlita, DJ Tennis, and Calamar Crew to Headline AFTER 2049, the Official Closing Event for Asia’s…
PRESS RELEASE. TOKEN2049, Asia’s premier crypto conference, announced the DJ line-up of AFTER 2049, the official closing event of this year’s September edition. Headlined by Istanbul-based DJ and producer Carlita, electronic…
Ethereum’s Merge Gave Birth to 2 Forks — Newly Launched Ethereumfair Gathers USD Value and Hashpower
Following Ethereum’s Merge, a number of cryptocurrency community members have been discussing the proof-of-work (PoW) fork called ETHW as it dropped significantly in value during the past few days. However, a lot of people are…
Trudeau Criticizes Opponent’s Crypto Advice, Kiyosaki Pushes the Assets Ahead of the ‘Biggest…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has criticized the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada for his supposedly irresponsible crypto advice, as Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki gives cryptocurrency advice of his own…
UK Regulator Warns Crypto Exchange FTX Is Providing Services Without Authorization
Britain’s top financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has issued a warning about cryptocurrency exchange FTX operating in the U.K. without authorization. “Almost all firms and individuals offering,…
JPEX Announces Partnership Extension with Western Sydney Wanderers
PRESS RELEASE. JPEX, a licensed digital bank designed to enable the buying and selling of virtual and digital currencies, has announced its partnership extension with the Australian-based football club, Western Sydney Wanderers. This…
Web3 Firm Acquires Creator of South Africa’s First Listed PoW Crypto, Safcoin
A Web3 technology company, Virtual Nation Builders, recently said it acquired FHM, the firm that created safcoin, South Africa’s touted first proof-of-work cryptocurrency to list on a global exchange. As a result of the Web3…
Ethereum-Based ‘Cryptoruble’ Token Under Development in Russia
Developers are working on a “cryptoruble” that, as they say, can improve Russians’ access to global exchanges and be used for cross-border payments. Defi platform Indefibank, which is behind the project, says the token…