
Article by Steve Kaaru
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14 August, 2025
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14 August, 2025
Vietnam logs 12B transactions; Turkmenistan upgrades customs
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14 August, 2025
China warns against Worldcoin’s iris-scanning
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Ethiopia boots out BTC miners despite $200m revenue
Ethiopia made $200m from miners in the past year, but their power demand has become unsustainable; miners set to consume...
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13 August, 2025
Australia mobile payments up; NIST sets digital ID guidelines
While a quarter of Aussies make all their payments via mobile wallets, a new study found that 75% are not...
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13 August, 2025
Congo partners with Singaporean firm for digital ID
The Democratic Republic of Congo had initially partnered with a French firm for a $1.2B digital ID project, but the...
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