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For many years, M-Pesa, which is short for “mobile money” in Swahili, has dominated the mobile phone financial service market in the developing world. On December 14, a preliminary ruling from a high court in Kenya will rule on a conflict between telecom Safaricom,...

This year we’ve witnessed a growing interest in bitcoin and blockchain technology from governments and financial institutions. In a working paper titled “Should Cryptocurrencies be Included in the Portfolio of International Reserves Held by the Central Bank of...

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based bitcoin exchange Coinizy announced last week in a press release that it has launched the world’s first bitcoin-to-PayPal exchange facility while also providing the most diversified ‘cash out’ options among all bitcoin exchanges. The...

Right before 5 PM Eastern Time, Reuters reported that hackers cyber-attacked three Greek banks. The hackers, which have named themselves the Armada Collective, demanded ransoms in bitcoin to stop their attacks. Sources told Reuters that the hackers were only able to block the...