BitPesa CEO Elizabeth Rossiello claims bitcoin-based remittance has slashed international payment costs by 75% and reduced settlement time from 12 days to approximately 12 hours. She also discusses Africa's crypto economy and shifting attitudes from global financial institutions and mainstream media.
Elizabeth Rossiello, CEO of BitPesa, claims bitcoin-based remittance has reduced international payment costs by 75% and settlement time from 12 days to about 12 hours. She also discusses Africa's crypto economy and shifting attitudes from major financial institutions.
Bitpesa founder and CEO Elizabeth Rossiello stated that bitcoin-based remittance services have reduced international payment costs by 75% and settlement time from 12 days to about 12 hours. She also discussed Africa's crypto economy and shifting attitudes among major financial institutions.
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra said the CAR memecoin launch was authentic, rejecting claims that his X account was hacked or that the launch video was a deepfake.
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced 1.5 billion satoshis (approximately 15 BTC) in new grants through its Bitcoin Development Fund (BDF), supporting 26 open-source projects across six key areas: Bitcoin privacy, payments, development, community, freedom tech, and research/education. The grants target tools that strengthen financial privacy and censorship resistance for dissidents, journalists, and activists living under authoritarian regimes. Projects include Bitcoin Core P2P privacy enhancements (Naiyoma), JoinMarket-NG for CoinJoin, payment platforms like Banxaas (West Africa), ChapSmart (Tanzania), Minmo (decentralized exchange), Tando (Kenya), and Tapnob (Africa-wide). Development tools like rawBit and doblon8 advance Bitcoin infrastructure. Community initiatives such as Bitcoin Benin, Bitcoin for Good, Bitcoin House Malaysia, Summer of Bitcoin, and Yes Bitcoin Haiti build local resilience. Freedom tech projects include The Activist Atlas, Krux hardware wallet, LearnNostr censorship-resistant communication, and NetBlocks internet monitoring. Research and education efforts by AmityAge, Base58, Bitcoin Policy Norway, BTC Shule, Daniel Batten, DIYbitcoin, Economic Inclusion Group, and SeedSigner aim to expand Bitcoin literacy and self-custody in oppressed regions.
The Human Rights Foundation's Bitcoin Development Fund has announced 1.5 billion satoshis in new grants to 26 projects focused on Bitcoin privacy, infrastructure, education, and freedom technology. The initiative supports open-source developers, researchers, and educators working in authoritarian environments to strengthen financial privacy and censorship resistance. Projects include JoinMarket-NG, Banxaas, Tando, and others spanning Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, aiming to empower dissidents and human rights defenders with uncensorable financial tools.
