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- 30 Mar 2023
Paxful Personally Returns Celsius Funds for Paxful Earn Customers
Paxful, the global peer-to-peer Bitcoin platform, announced today it is giving nearly nine Bitcoin to its Paxful Earn users impacted by the Celsius collapse. The funds will be sent to Paxful Wallets…
- 8 Jun 2021
Paxful Launches Paxful Pay, E-Commerce Solution to Strengthen Cryptocurrency Adoption
Paxful, the leading global peer-to-peer fintech, has announced Paxful Pay, an e-commerce solution that allows businesses worldwide to receive bitcoin. The service now available and allows customers…
- 30 Aug 2021
Paxful Unveils Savings Solution to Underpin Wealth Preservation
Paxful, a global peer-to-peer fintech platform, has launched Paxful Earn, a savings solution designed to underpin wealth preservation. The offering will launch first in Nigeria, via a partnership…
- 3 Mar 2021
Paxful Offers Tips on How Users Can Safely Trade Cryptocurrency
To mark this year’s National Consumer Protection Week, Paxful is offering a few tips on how users can buy and trade cryptocurrency safely. Cryptocurrencies are growing in popularity; more and more…
- 4 Aug 2022
Paxful Hits 10 Million Users as Its Marks 7th Anniversary
Paxful, the peer-to-peer finance platform has reached 10 million users as it marks its seventh anniversary. The company was founded in 2015 with a mission to advance a truly global economy by…
- 18 Dec 2020
2020 Wrapped Up: Paxful Highlights Nigeria’s Thriving Crypto Market
This year has shaken many industries, but crypto has actually seen immense growth and investor interest since the outbreak of COVID-19. Ray Youssef, Paxful CEO and co-founder With Bitcoin hitting a…
- 15 Sept 2020
Paxful Aims To Offer Easy and Affordable Global Payment Solutions
Peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, Paxful, has said it is making international payments more accessible and more affordable for Nigerians using modern DeFi technology. Last weekend, at the fully…
- 21 Jun 2022
Paxful says Nigerians Double Bitcoin Transactions in May
Paxful, a cryptocurrency trading platform, has reported a surge in weekly transactions on its Lightning Network. This is despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s restrictions on cryptocurrency…
- 15 Jul 2021
Paxful Donates to Friends of Nigerian Basketball in Olympic Push
Paxful, the leading global peer-to-peer fintech platform, announced that it will be donating to the Friends of Nigerian Basketball Foundation (FONB), a non-profit corporation with a mission to…
- 19 Oct 2021
Paxful Boosts Financial Literacy with Educational Centre
Paxful, a global peer-to-peer fintech platform, says it has opened a new cryptocurrency educational centre in Nigeria, called ‘PaxNaija’, to boost financial literacy. The company said in a statement…
- 5 Apr 2023
Peer-to-Peer Exchange Paxful Suspends Marketplace
Paxful, one of the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchanges in the world in terms of volume, has announced the suspension of its market. The company’s founder and CEO, Ray Youssef, made…
- 7 Sept 2020
Paxful Boosts Operations in Nigeria by Expanding Local Footprint
Global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, Paxful, plans to strengthen operations in Nigeria with a physical presence in Lagos which will be manned by employees dedicated to the Nigerian market. The…
- 14 Sept 2020
Paxful Adds Tether USDT to its Platform
Global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, Paxful announced the addition of Tether (USDT) to its platform. USDT belongs to a class of cryptocurrencies known as stablecoins. A stablecoin is a type of…
- 17 Dec 2021
Paxful Introduces Bitcoin-for-card Trading Platform
Paxful has launched a gift card hub as a one-stop shop for trading gift cards on its platform. According to the company, this new feature allows users to list gift cards for sale or buy discounted…
- 14 Sept 2021
Paxful and the Built with Bitcoin Foundation to Fund the Qala Fellowship
Paxful, the leading global peer-to-peer fintech platform with 2.5 million African users, announced that it will be donating to the Human Rights Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that…
- 3 Nov 2020
Paxful Adds Bitsika as Payment Method
Paxful, a global peer-to-peer crypto marketplace announced the addition of Bitsika to the platform, expanding their range of local payment methods in Nigeria. The addition enables users to deposit…
- 28 Apr 2022
Paxful says Nigeria Crypto Trade in 2021 Stands @ $760m
A cryptocurrency trading platform, Paxful, has said Nigeria is the largest crypto-trading country in Africa with a trading volume worth over $760m in 2021. In a statement, the firm said that in the…
- 4 Nov 2022
Nigerian Youth Forging New Bitcoin Path to Financial Golden Age
Paxful, the leading global peer-to-peer (P2P) finance platform, has doubled down on its commitment to promote financial literacy among Nigerian youth as part of its efforts to drive economic growth…
- 24 Feb 2023
The Youth of Nigeria and the 2023 General Election
By Ray Youssef, founder and CEO of Paxful, Nigeria’s 2023 General Election is just around the corner. While political parties are currently rounding up campaigns as the election draws close,…
- 19 Apr 2022
How the Youth of Nigeria are Leading Africa to Brighter Future
Africa is leading the way for global Bitcoin adoption and the rest of the world is getting a front row seat. In the last year, reports show that the market in Africa has grown over 1200% with…
- 23 May 2019
CoinCola Bitcoin Platform now in Nigeria
Blockchain Technology is rapidly growing in different continents and many more people beginning to see the importance and relevance of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in their different…
- 12 Aug 2022
Popular Bitcoin Advocate, Paco De La India Visits Nigeria to Promote Bitcoin Adoption
Popular Bitcoin advocate, Paco De La India is in Nigeria to encourage the use of Bitcoin for everyday transactions. The Bitcoiner, who is on a mission to tour 40 countries in 400 days in a ‘Run with…
- 25 Mar 2021
FG’s Crackdown on Bitcoin Echoes Global Crypto Conundrum
The backlash against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive on cryptocurrencies echoes a dilemma facing governments around the world: how to regulate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies without…
- 11 Jun 2023
SEC Urges Nigerian Investors to Avoid Investing in Binance Nigeria, Declares its Operation Illegal
The Securities and Exchange Commission has declared the activities of Binance illegal in Nigeria. This is according to a published circular on the commission’s website dated June 9, 2023. The…
- 5 Mar 2015
Diamond Bank Harps on Importance of Business Planning for SME Growth
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- 4 Aug 2015
Satya Nadella Crowns 2015 Imagine Cup World Champions
For 13 years, Microsoft Imagine Cup has inspired and challenged student developers worldwide to master new skills, build strong teams and bring entire technology projects from concept to completion.…
- 1 May 2020
Interswitch Group Unveils Coordinated Interventions Against COVID-19
Interswitch Group, one of Africa’s leading integrated payment & digital commerce players has announced a series of intervention measures as part of a coordinated effort to complement ongoing…
- 17 Sept 2020
HP Frees Gameplay with Ultimate Wireless Experience
HP debuted new OMEN accessories featuring Warp Wireless Technology with OMEN Command Center integration to offer a wireless ecosystem that transforms gaming experiences. The company also adds NVIDIA®…
- 16 Oct 2020
Activists Turn to Bitcoin for #EndSARS Protests as Banks Shut Them Out
As protests surge through Nigeria in response to police brutality, one enclave of protestors has turned to bitcoin as a financial lifeline during turbulent times, according to CoinDesk. The Feminist…
- 13 Jul 2021
Smile Identity Raises $7m to Build KYC and Identity Verification Tools for Africa
Smile Identity, the company that enables ID verification and KYC compliance through Artificial Intelligence designed for African faces and identities, announced today that the company had secured $7…