Financial Inclusion

A16z, Coinbase-Backed Startup Looks to Distribute Crypto to Everyone on Earth by Scanning Their Eyeballs: Report

Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped unit to produce a unique identifier from an iris scan.

News  ·  29 June 2021

Former Citigroup Chairman Joins Board of Crypto Payments Firm Celo

Dick Parsons could bring a critical eye to some of the decentralized finance protocols that look like structured products, said Celo co-founder Rene Reinsberg.

News  ·  16 April 2021
Regulation

Jamaica to Pilot CBDC Later This Year

The Caribbean nation's finance minister announced plans to officially launch a CBDC during the annual national budget debate.

News  ·  11 March 2021
Ripple

Ripple Donates $10M to Mercy Corps for Increasing Financial Inclusion

The donation will be used to support fintech solutions that leverage blockchain technology and digital assets to further financial inclusion.

News  ·  16 October 2020
Financial Inclusion

‘Satoshi Was a Black Woman’: Blockchain Entrepreneurs Talk Financial Inclusion on Juneteenth

At a virtual event Friday called "Crypto & Race," blockchain entrepreneurs explored how racial inequality affects the cryptocurrency sector.

Business  ·  19 June 2020
Celo

Why Crypto Matters for Financial Inclusion, Feat. Celo’s Marek Olszewski

In a world of centralized mobile money solutions, do decentralized, permissionless currencies matter?

People  ·  5 May 2020
Ethereum

Libra Minus Facebook: Why Celo Is 2020’s Buzzy Token Project

With $30 million from Polychain and a16z, here's how the buzzy Celo plans to rival Libra on financial inclusion.

Business  ·  12 February 2020
Exchanges

There’s a Bigger Scam Than Anything in Crypto, It’s Called KYC/AML

Anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer practices have cost many billions more than all ICO scams put together – yet, what they have produced?

Business  ·  27 July 2018