Your weekly update curated for you to catch you up on emerging market blockchain and crypto news from the last week.
Africa
Nigeria Accounted for 60% of All Startup Investing into Africa in 2021 From the United States (BitKE, 12/27/21)
Asia
Kazakhstan’s crypto mining boom fizzles over power supply strain (Nikkei Asia, 12/27/21)
Iran Bans Bitcoin Mining Until March (Bitcoin Magazine, 12/28/21)
Crypto mining reportedly rises in Thailand due to Chinese crypto ban (Cointelegraph, 12/29/21)
Shanghai includes metaverse in its development plan (Cointelegraph, 12/31/21)
Eastern Europe
Russian bank Sber launches blockchain ETF tracking Coinbase, Galaxy Digital (Cointelegraph, 12/30/21)
Latin America
Visa: 34% of adult Brazilians have crypto and 37% are not interested (Blocknews, 12/27/21)
Foxbit Tokens goes live and targets areas such as agro and real estate (Blocknews, 12/29/21)
Santo Blockchain to deliver 50 Bitcoin ATMs to Panama (Cointelegraph, 12/30/21)
Mexico will have digital currency in 2024 (Blocknews, 12/30/21)