P2P

A Nigerian court has convicted and fined a peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency trader who was accused of operating a pig butchering scam. The trader, Lawrence Success Karinate, was found guilty of computer-related fraud, and the court ruled that he must pay a fine equivalent to $257.90 or N200,000. ...

The National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI), an initiative led by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and 247 Indian banking companies, is on the look out for a seasoned blockchain technologist to head and investigate opportunities for blockchain in current-day payment systems.NPCI owns ...

What is peer-to-peer (P2P) lending?Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, also referred to as marketplace lending, is a type of lending that uses online platforms to link lenders and borrowers directly, eliminating the use of conventional financial intermediaries, such as banks. In P2P lending, indiv ...

Digital asset exchange Bitfinex has launched a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform in Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia.In a June 27 announcement, the crypto exchange said it had started the “Bitfinex P2P” platform allowing users in the South American nations to buy and sell Bi ...

Thanks to a recent update on Telegram, messenger users can now easily buy, sell, and send bitcoins to one another through the Wallet bot web interface. According to the official announcement, the updated web interface allows users to purchase, withdraw, exchange, and make P2P transactions with BT ...

Paxful, a prominent bitcoin exchange platform operating through peer-to-peer transactions, recently made a surprising announcement that it would be discontinuing its services. The decision was reportedly prompted by a combination of factors, including regulatory pressure and the departure of key ...