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Africa
The Pan-African Payment Settlement System Launches with Approval from the African Union (BitKE, 1/17/22)
Kenyan-based Kotani Pay, a USSD-Enabled Payment Stack for Blockchain Protocols, Closes Seed Round (BitKE, 1/22/22)
Asia
An Indonesian 22-year-old makes $1M by selling NFT selfies on OpenSea (1/16/22, Cointelegraph)
Animoca, from games and NFTs in the metaverse, is worth over $5 billion (1/18/22, Blocknews)
Eastern Europe
Turkish ruling party holds meeting in metaverse, talks crypto regulation (1/19/22, Cointelegraph)
Russia central bank proposes cryptocurrency ban on use and mining (1/21/22, Reuters)
Latin America
Neymar Jr. buys two BAYC NFTs for R$6 million (1/21/22, Blocknews)
El Salvador buys its cheapest 410 Bitcoin as prices reach $36K (1/22/22, Cointelegraph)