Africa has come a long way in technology and connectivity. Before the start of the decade, few knew what a smartphone was. However, according to data from The GSM Association, around 250 million Africans own a smartphone as of last year. The number of mobile internet subscribers has quadrupled in the last nine years, with growth expected to be even more aggressive in the next five years.
Block.one, the company which built the EOS blockchain, is expected to make a significant announcement at an upcoming event in Washington, D.C. Details of the live-streamed event remain secretive, and the crypto community has worked itself into a frenzy of speculation as to what B1 will unveil.
In recent years, the world economy has made incredible strides: access to technology is steadily increasing, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is at its highest point since 2015, and unemployment is at a four-decade low.
Chinese speculators are borrowing in droves to take out positions in the bull market, according to one lender. BabelBank, one of the largest commercial crypto banks, has seen a significant increase in speculative borrowing.
EOS has a bullish short-term bias, with the cryptocurrency advancing to its highest trading level since July 2018.
IOST has a bullish short-term trading bias, with the IOST / USD pair recovering above its key 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame.
Zcash has a bullish short-term trading bias, with the ZEC / USD pair advancing to its highest trading level since November 2018.
Ever wanted to become a blockchain pioneer? It might sound intimidating, but you don’t need to be a developer or a programming expert to build the foundations of a cryptocurrency ecosystem. In fact, with the latest tool from the ARK Ecosystem, even Craig Wright can do it.
The new tool is the ARK Deployer, launched today by the creators of the 89th largest cryptocurrency. According to developers, the Deployer fits in with ARK’s goals of creating an ecosystem of interoperable blockchains.
It’s just the cost of doing business in the banking world: white-collar criminals routinely walk away with huge profits after paying tiny legal penalties — not a bad profit-to-cost ratio for long-term success. And it happens all the time, with banks all over the world. You could say it’s a global phenomenon, of sorts.
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