Kudzai G Changunda

Finance guy with a considerable interest in the adoption of web 3.0 technologies in the financial landscape. Both technology and regulation focused but, of course, people first.

PayPal files crypto related intellectual property

In 2021 PayPal had 426 million users who completed 19.3 billion transactions worth US$1.25 trillion Mike Kondoudis revealed two intellectual property filings made...

Twitter users can now display, buy and sell NFTs on the platform

Twitter's Cooperation with four NFT marketplaces allows users to buy, sell and display NFTs through tweets Twitter' has more than 237.8 million users ...

Crypto-football love affair grows ahead of 2022 Qatar World Cup

France's Karim Benzema received a non-fungible token (NFT) for the 2022 Ballon d'Or The most visible connection between crypto and football is the...

Amazon hosts startup day in South Africa

The AWS cloud computing services marketplace is responsible for a whopping 74% of Amazon's profit The day featured 8 amazing presentations from industry...

European Union to curb crypto mining to save energy

One Bitcoin transaction uses 1449 kWh, roughly enough to power the average African Household for approximately 100 days The European Commission suggested adjustments...

Bitcoin, El Salvador make headlines in the Guinness world records 2023

Bitcoin earned a Guinness world record 2023 recognition as the most valuable  decentralized cryptocurrency El Salvador received recognition as the first country to...

You can confirm Ethereum balances in Google search

All one has to do is type in their Ethereum wallet address, and Google will return a result with the balance The functionality...

South Africa’s Primedia targets to become the sales house for the African Metaverse

Primedia's plan is to create new ways to engage with audiences and customers in the new frontier The main point of interest will...

Kenya’s Gridless uses excess electricity for Bitcoin mining

Gridless is working with small Kenyan hydroelectric plants, generating below 100KW Gridless is making it possible for power generators to channel the excess...

South Africa: Sun Exchange uses crypto and blockchain to raise funds for solar energy production

Sun Exchange is a solar energy startup that is using blockchain technology and cryptocurrency to tackle the energy problem in South Africa The...

Cardano (ADA) partners with Empowa to build eco-friendly housing for Africa

Empowa believes that by tackling the funding problem in housing, especially in Africa's hostile credit markets, we can build a better Africa ...

Bank of Namibia lifts the ban on cryptocurrency payments among citizens

The Governor of the Bank of Namibia, Johannes Gawaxab, said those willing to settle payments in the country through cryptocurrency are allowed to...

Nedbank joins the African Metaverse Ubuntuland

Nedbank becomes the first African financial services company to have representation in the virtual world International financial services giants such as JP Morgan,...

US Draft Bill may allow Bitcoin, crypto retirement investments

401(k)s can include bitcoin in retirement portfolios without breaching their fiduciary duty Fiduciary duty is an inalienable right that fund managers owe to...

What we learnt from El Salvador, Bitcoin 1 year later

El Salvador’s master plan included the launch of a Bitcoin volcanic bond; cryptocurrency-backed government borrowing Just 6 months after it came into effect,...

Iran’s crypto Rial CBDC has lessons for war-torn Africa countries

The Crypto Rial will  be the 7th CBDC to go live The Iranian government sees cryptocurrency as a way to access international financial...