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Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria Is the Lion of Africa in Bitcoin P2P Trading
Nigeria's crypto industry is growing fast despite the government's efforts to stunt bitcoin adoption, says a local trader.
Lagos, Nigeria

Cash hand
Debt Collection Firm CIS Now Accepts Bitcoin for B2B Repayments
Corporate Intelligence Services said it launched the new repayment option to provide a better service to its "clientele."
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Paxful, Citing Regulations and Its Own 'Risk Tolerance,' Exits Venezuela's P2P Bitcoin Market
The exit deprives Venezuela's crypto scene of its second-largest P2P exchange.
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Paxful Chips Away at LocalBitcoins' Russian P2P Market Dominance
Paxful’s year-old foray into Russian crypto markets is paying off for the peer-to-peer exchange.
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A security camera in downtown Helsinki, where LocalBitcoins is based. (Kekyalyaynen/Shutterstock)
P2P Exchange LocalBitcoins Adds Crypto Surveillance Tools From Elliptic
Elliptic's tracing software bolsters the peer-to-peer exchange's anti-money laundering safeguards.
A security camera in downtown Helsinki, where LocalBitcoins is based. (Kekyalyaynen/Shutterstock)

U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. (lazyllama/Shutterstock)
With Chat Privacy Under Threat in US, Firm Develops '100% User-Controlled' Messaging
Unstoppable Domains is working to give users full control over their chat data with a new decentralized protocol.
U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. (lazyllama/Shutterstock)

african market
Bitcoin Exchange Paxful Sees 20% 2018 Growth, Driven by Africa
Despite bitcoin's price volatility in 2018, P2P exchanges Paxful and LocalBitcoins each saw significant user growth in Africa.
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Spedometer
How Bitcoin's P2P Layer Got a Speed Hike in the Latest Core Release
MIT-funded developer Cory Fields discusses his work overhauling the code for Bitcoin Core's peer-to-peer layer – a task that was anything but easy.
Spedometer

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Old Pirate Bay to Reward Contributors with $100,000 in Bitcoin
A torrent site has announced plans to hand out $100,000-worth of rewards in bitcoin for those assisting its development.
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Co-founder Sebastian Ortega explains the theoretical and technical basis of the protocol
Coinffeine Demonstrates Distributed P2P Bitcoin Exchange Platform
Spanish cryptocurrency startup Coinffeine has demonstrated a trial version of its new p2p bitcoin exchange platform at an event in Madrid.
Co-founder Sebastian Ortega explains the theoretical and technical basis of the protocol