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- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 12 Dec 2021
Technext Rallies Blockchain Stakeholders on the Future of Digital Currencies @ Africa's Largest Cryptocurrency Gathering in Lagos
Technology news platform, Technext, held the maiden edition of its Technext coinference on Thursday, December 9th at the Pistis Conference Center in Lekki, Lagos. During a Panel session themed "…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 7 Jun 2014
Microsoft Announces 35 Teams Advancing to Imagine Cup World Finals
Microsoft has announced the 35 Finalists teams who will travel to Seattle, Washington, USA to compete at the Imagine Cup World Finals, July 29 through August 2. These students will compete in three…