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

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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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TechCrunch+ roundup: Layoffs and H1-B visas, SaaS growth levers, blockchain startup tips

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Dear Sophie, I am considering leaving my current, steady job for a job with a big name in tech. Dear Sophie, My early stage startup hasn’t been able to hire as quickly as I would like due to fierce competition. 6 tips for launching a blockchain startup. 6 tips for launching a blockchain startup. I’m excited, but nervous.

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Zonos banks $69M to develop APIs for democratizing cross-border commerce

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Checkout is the key to frictionless B2B e-commerce. This was traditionally thought to be a shipping problem, but it is really a technology problem.”. Our diligence said Zonos is the only player to take the data that exists out there and make sense of it,” MacLean said. Businesses can’t know all of a country’s laws,” Reid added.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

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Last week, Paystand — a blockchain-enabled B2B payments startup — announced it had acquired Mexican fintech Yaydoo — creating a new unicorn in the resulting new entity. has a legacy, centralized financial infrastructure that needs to be disrupted and re-imagined by fintechs with blockchain technology. and Mexico.

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Daily Crunch: $8.5B Amazon-MGM merger will bring thousands of titles to Prime Video

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Paradigm backs Ethereum scaler Optimism : The Ethereum blockchain has a lot to like about it. So, many companies are building tech to make Ethereum scale. Tile builds anti-stalking tech into its platform : Apple and Tile have built ways for users to better track their devices. Our review is out. You can sign up here.).

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

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Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. Lukas Inokaitis , business development, NFQ Technologies. Rokas Tamoši?

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Agreena, a regenerative farming carbon market, raises $4.7M seed from Giant Ventures

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Farming accounts for 24% of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions, and this is largely due to the intensive, “industrial” farming methods employed in the last few decades, together with the rise in the consumption of meat. & blockchain-focused) and U.K./France-based The startup has some competition in the space.

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