Now, picture a world where accessing capital isn’t a privilege, but a right. A smallholder farmer in rural Kenya can be instantly approved for a microloan. They have the same access to federal funding as a tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. This is not merely some technocratic utopian dream. It’s...
Now picture a world in which sending a dollar across borders only costs you one percent—or better yet, nothing at all. A world where the ability to get a small loan to purchase seeds for your family farm isn’t devoured by ridiculous costs. Sounds like a fantasy, right? Maybe not....
Wall Street’s already huge appetite for crypto is set to get a whole lot bigger. The whispers are turning into shouts: Altcoin ETFs are coming. Analysts are almost assuring that Solana, XRP and Litecoin ETFs are on the verge of coming. All the while, Dogecoin, Cardano, and others are nipping...
Imagine this: Your mother, a retired teacher in the Philippines, relies on your monthly remittances to make ends meet. For decades, you’ve wired cash using services like Western Union and MoneyGram. You’ve seen a big portion get eaten up in fees and shouted at your bank over the poor exchange...
We’re hearing quite a bit about blockchain, mostly in the context of crypto currencies and tech solutions for Fortune 500 companies. 60% of them are just looking at blockchain to solve internal issues, and that’s amazing! How should we think of those not around a boardroom table? What does this...
Eight days. That’s all it took for Bitcoin ETFs to fleece billions. We’re talking about a possible paradigm shift here. Is this really a victory for all, or simply another win for Wall Street? Institutional adoption The story to date has been one of institutional investors rushing into Bitcoin as...
I’m Nkosi and I’m sending this message to you from the township of Soweto, Johannesburg. I don’t blame them—I get the headlines, the hype, the glittering Bitcoin millionaires. On the ground in Africa however, the reality of cryptocurrency tells an entirely different story. Altcoins, especially, have a story that is...
The news is buzzing: SRM Entertainment, soon to be Tron Inc., is getting a $210 million injection, and Justin Sun is throwing in $100 million himself. SRM stock went wild, jumping 547.5%. But who's really celebrating? Certainly not the single mother in Lagos desperate to get $20 back home to...
Is DeFi failing its promise? Now, let’s talk about Layer 2s (L2s) and the recent ETH exodus from these networks. This trend has huge ramifications for anyone interested in advancing financial inclusion in places like Africa. The headlines are all about percentage drops and Binance's staking moves, but the human...
We’re always inundated with the next tech savior that will solve our biggest social challenges. So first a confession — I’m a tech skeptic. I do see great promise from AI tools like ChatGPT 4o and Grok 3—particularly in the use of AI to empower marginalized communities through altcoin investing.Forgotten...
