Crypto Across Emerging Markets With Leigh Cuen: Akon's Akoin Project

Crypto Talks from CoinDesk

English - May 14, 2020 16:30 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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This episode is sponsored by ErisX, The Stellar Development Foundation and Grayscale Digital Large Cap Investment Fund.

In this session, Grammy award winning artist and Akoin Founder, Akon, and co-founder Jon Karas, speak about enabling atomic-swaps between prepaid cell minutes and fiat currencies or cryptocurrencies. Hosted by CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and Emerge CEO Lucia Gallardo, the discussion also covers Akoin’s compatibility with $15 flip phones, banking the unbanked, and the reasons for choosing to use the Stellar protocol.

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