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Nigerian blockchain payments startup Bitmama closes $2M pre-seed as it scales to new markets

TechCrunch

Despite African governments’ inconsistent stance on cryptocurrencies, these countries house most of the continent’s crypto and blockchain startups. Chief executive officer Ruth Iselema founded the Africa-focused blockchain payments startup in 2019. Adam Umar is the company’s CTO, while Akinbola Asalu is the COO.

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Trends in Blockchain for 2022

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Blockchain is hot right now. The industry has a staggering CAGR rate of over 69% between 2019 to 2025. Blockchain is no longer only relevant to cryptocurrency, either—blockchain-based applications are emerging to support many other scenarios that require decentralized data storage and accessibility.

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Singapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms for financial institutions

TechCrunch

The company develops blockchain platforms that can work with financial institutions’ existing infrastructure, and its core technology is also used in GreenSTACS for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments. Project Ubin, the Singaporean money authority’s blockchain initiative, moves closer to commercialization.

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Why TransUnion led blockchain fintech Spring Labs’ $30M Series B

TechCrunch

Consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion recently announced it had invested an undisclosed sum in Spring Labs, which is building out a blockchain-based data-sharing platform. Blockchain and taking the politics out of tech. Now, TechCrunch has exclusive details on the size of that round and the nature of the relationship.

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7 Predominant Blockchain Technology Trends To Watch In 2019

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Blockchain Trends in 2019 : The Blockchain technology , also termed as Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), enables secure transaction over a distributed network. The blockchain technology eliminates the need for third-party verifications since all the parties share the ledgers over the distributed system.

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Blockchain startup XREX gets $17M to make cross-border trade faster

TechCrunch

Blockchain startup XREX was launched to help cross-border businesses in emerging markets perform faster transactions with products like a payment escrow service and crypto-fiat exchange platform. XREX’s last funding was a $7 million seed round in 2019. XREX co-founders Winston Hsiao and Wayne Huang.

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7 Predominant Blockchain Technology Trends To Watch In 2019

Openxcell

Blockchain Trends in 2019 : The Blockchain technology , also termed as Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), enables secure transaction over a distributed network. The blockchain technology eliminates the need for third-party verifications since all the parties share the ledgers over the distributed system.