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Celo: The Shift from the Legacy Financial System to Sacred Economics

It is easy to understand the world we live in today by laying ideas side by side. The world is full of contrasts. Major ideas that drive whole nations, societies, and generations can be understood by juxtaposing them. Whereas capitalism encouraged private ownership and autonomous production by individuals, communism vouched for state ownership and the dependence of the individual on the commons. When John Meynard Keynes proposed government intervention as a solution for the global economic depression, the Austrian school saw government and Central bank interference as the cause of most severe boom and bust cycles.

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[#Article]
Celo and the Promise of Beautiful Money

Before the advent of money, trade was dependent on a very delicate system of exchange based on mutual benefit that was barely replicable — barter. It is generally accepted that livestock and plants were used as forms of money between 9000 and 6000 BC. Being the period of the Agrarian revolution, agricultural products had the greatest utility, and therefore the greatest value. Later, in Asia and Africa, cowry shells gained prominence as money due to their scarcity and fairly homogenous nature. It was not until the Bronze Age that metals gained prominence as money. Metals such as gold, silver, and bronze gained popularity for their durability, divisibility, and portability in comparison to agricultural commodities which posed the challenge of possessing exactly the opposite traits, being perishable, not easily divisible, and bulky.

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[#Event]
Celo: A Mobile-First Payments Blockchain Platform

Members of the team working on Celo will be in Nairobi, Kenya to walk you through the platform Celo. Celo is a financial payments system that has many of the features of Ethereum plus:
- Native stable value currencies
- A native phone number registry for better UX
- A full stack mobile first approach to development and adoption
Join us for a lively discussion on how you can develop on Celo and gain valuable connections in the space.

Speakers:
- Anna Kazlauskas
- Will Le

RSVP here

#Celo #Blockchain #Stablecoin #Payments #CeloGo

We are live at #NairobiGarage for Celo: A Mobile-First Payments Blockchain Platform

#Celo #Blockchain #Stablecoin #Payments #CeloGo #KotaniLabs

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Libra rival Celo launches 50-member Alliance For Prosperity

Some Libra Association members like Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase Ventures are double-dipping, backing a competing cryptocurrency developer platform. Launching today with over 50 partners, non-profit The Celo Foundation's 'Alliance For Prosperity' offers a way for developers to build decentralized mobile apps that are based on Celo's blockchain platform and USD stablecoin.

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#Celo #Blockchain #Stablecoin #Payments #CeloGo #Libra

[#Jobs]
Celo is looking for 2 #VisualDesign interns. More info available here

Celo is a financial payments system that has many of the features of Ethereum plus:
- Native stable value currencies
- A native phone number registry for better UX
- A full stack mobile first approach to development and adoption

#Celo #Blockchain #Stablecoin #CeloGo

Checkout the 66 participating teams and remember to give them an UPVOTE here: https://bit.ly/39CGscH

#CeloCamp #Celo #Blockchain #Upright #CeloGo

Free webinar by #KotaniLabs on Building on the #Celo #Blockchain. Check the @EOSNairobi group's pinned post for details.

Kenyan-based USSD-Crypto Payments Startup, Kotani Pay, Wins $100, 000 Grant and Goes Live on the #Celo #Blockchain

#KotaniPay, a Kenyan-based crypto payments startup, recently won $100, 000 after emerging the top during the Bablylon Project #hackathon initiative.

The virtual hackathon featured over 1,000 participants from 69 countries, with 20 teams making it to the semi-finals, out of which, 6 projects were chosen to participate in the final round.

Learn more here: https://bitcoinke.io/2020/12/kotani-pay/

[Online #Event] Startup Secret Santa 9 - 10 Dec 2020

SSS' main objective is to connect #FinTech and #Blockchain startups with mentors for Christmas. Investors and experts in Finance, Business Development, Law, and R&D will provide a free mentorship for selected startups.

You can catch the 3 day event live on YouTube via https://bit.ly/StartupSecretSanta

#KotaniPay is frictionless because it uses mobile interfaces already familiar to the local African audience. A simple #USSD code can give access to the 400 million Africans who have basic phones and millions more with low-end #smartphones. It needs no new demands on storage space or the need for internet access or the learning curve often associated with many of our #Blockchains today.

We settle with the customers’ #mobilemoney wallets giving these users instant access to the value they have redeemed from Blockchains. For those looking to access #Blockchains, we offer immediate onboarding and access to #Blockchain assets and services

Read more https://link.medium.com/Q13AEpIdfcb

#FinTech #DeFi #payments

Join us tomorrow April 9 11AM ET, for Aves Lair W2020 #DemoDay to discover the ideas that are building the future.

💸#KotaniPay is a technology stack that enables #Blockchain protocols, dApps, and Blockchain fintech companies to integrate seamlessly to local payment channels providing them with a reliable on ramp and off ramp service to reach a wider customer base in Africa. (LinkedIn/@kotanipay)

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