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Stack Overflow’s research on Bitcoin adoption, #JeSuisHodlonaut trends and more

Stack Overflow’s research on Bitcoin adoption, #JeSuisHodlonaut trends and more

Daily Crypto News – April 12

1) Top Coinbase official steps down: The latest news from the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of users is that Dan Romero, Vice President of International Business — UK/EU, APAC across Consumer and Institutional products, has left the company after 5 years.

Read more at //bit.ly/2ItdIJG

2) Did Assange orchestrate bitcoin dip? : In what could be the conspiracy theory of the day, two YouTubers, That Martini Guy and Mr_Kristof, alleged that the Founder of WikiLeaks orchestrated the cryptocurrency’s price fall yesterday after he liquidated over 4K BTCs worth $20 million through cryptocurrency exchanges.

Read more at //bit.ly/2PeeCeB

3) US Congressmen on cryptocurrency laws: The congressmen requested the IRS to clarify three major areas that will help in alleviating the confusion surrounding the cryptocurrency industry.

Read more at //bit.ly/2Gl79HB

4) Vitalik Buterin on possible ETH hard fork: Jimmy Song’s question regarding a scenario where the US Court orders an ETH hard fork grabbed Vitalik Buterin’s attention, who stated that this question was raised in the past, attaching the link to a video where he addressed these concerns.

Read more at //bit.ly/2UerhyT

5) Goldman Sachs CEO on crypto-trading desk: Goldman Sachs’ Chief Executive Officer, David Solomon stated that the company never had any plans to start a cryptocurrency desk, during a House of Representatives panel meeting.

Read more at //bit.ly/2KG2XGq

6) Money Tap loses partner: In a major setback to the Ripple-XRP ecosystem, Japan’s Resona Bank announced that they would be discontinuing cooperation with Money Tap. According to an official statement released by the bank, their collaboration would come to an end on May 13, 2019.

Read more at //bit.ly/2v6GEz3

7) Bithumb registers $180 million loss: Bithumb, one of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platforms, reportedly turned in a net loss of 205 billion Korean Won, approximately worth $108 million in 2018, according to KoreaTimes.

Read more at //bit.ly/2P7aLzD

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#215 Elizabeth Rossiello: BitPesa – Building Financial Platforms for Frontier Markets

The prospect of providing digital cross-border payments for the world’s unbanked and underbanked population has always been one of the key use cases for bitcoin. Cryptocurrencies can be seen as a way for people in developing countries to participate in the global financial market by allowing easy cross-border payments, cheap remittance transactions, and simplified lending options.

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  • Elizabeth’s journey to bitcoin and BitPesa
  • BitPesa’s vision and how it compares existing mobile money platforms present in Africa
  • BitPesa’s offering and how it has evolved since the company was founded in 2013
  • The primary pain points and barriers to doing business in developing African markets
  • Foreign exchange markets in Africa
  • The challenges and opportunities regarding blockchain adoption in African markets
  • The future of bitcoin as a payment system

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