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Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights
2 weeks ago
Cryptocurrency

Block Enables Millions of Square Sellers to Convert Sales to Bitcoin With Cash App

Block's Bitcoin Conversions feature enables Square sellers to convert daily sales to Bitcoin through Cash App, facilitating global financial empowerment via Bitcoin. [ more ]
Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights
1 month ago
Cryptocurrency

1 Billion Bitcoin P2P Traders: NoOnes Sets Sights on Nigeria and Global South

NoOnes mission is to create a peer-to-peer distributed nation with deeply engaged users.
Financial apartheid is the oppressive control of financially disenfranchised individuals by the old financial guard. [ more ]
Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights
3 months ago
Cryptocurrency

How Two Digital Nomads Launched The Fastest Growing Bitcoin Community In El Salvador

Small town in El Salvador, Berlin, has over 100 merchants accepting bitcoin in a 6-month period.
Gerardo Linares and Evelyn Lemus quit their jobs and settled in Berlin to promote bitcoin adoption in the community. [ more ]
Fast Company
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

How thoughtful approaches to AI can lead to financial empowerment for all

Recent technological advances, like AI, offer new opportunities for financial empowerment by lowering friction and enhancing tools.
Financial well-being involves understanding and managing spending, saving, borrowing, and planning, particularly crucial for underserved groups.
AI can provide personalized financial guidance and access to services tailored to individual needs, showing potential to revolutionize financial services. [ more ]
Digiday
4 weeks ago
Dining

Lara Cohen, vicepresidenta de Linktree, aboga por que los creadores se lleven una mayor parte del pastel

The creator economy is booming, with increased investment in influencer marketing and a push for creators to receive fair compensation.
Linktree is positioning itself as an intermediary to facilitate creator growth and financial empowerment. [ more ]
SFGATE
2 months ago
Women in technology

Women Homebuyers Rule: Here's Where They Own More Homes Than Men-and the Surprising Reasons Why

Women surpass men in homeownership despite earning less. Single women own 2.71 million more homes than men. Women prioritize homeownership for security and investment. [ more ]
Axios
2 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Black women still facing economic barriers

Nearly 31% of Black women working full-time have a side hustle, only half have retirement savings, 49% own homes, 58% support extended family financially.
Black women face systemic barriers to generational wealth, including high student debt compared to the general U.S. adult population.
Goldman's initiative aims to impact 1 million Black women with $10 billion in investment capital and $100 million in philanthropic capital. [ more ]
WIRED
5 months ago
Social justice

What Can Crypto Still Do for Black People?

The Black Blockchain Summit aims to showcase the potential of crypto and blockchain technology to financially empower black people and address social issues.
Despite the negative reputation of the crypto industry, attendees at the summit remain optimistic about the power of crypto to bring about positive change. [ more ]
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