Paxful
Paxful CEO on El Salvador's Bitcoin Rollout
On the ground in El Salvador at the 2021 Latin American Bitcoin and Blockchain Conference, CoinDesk's Elaine Ramirez talks to Ray Youssef, CEO of Paxful, a peer-to-peer crypto marketplace that has made strides onboarding crypto adopters in emerging markets. Youssef discusses the latest on El Salvador's bitcoin rollout and the country's wider state of crypto affairs.
Paxful Launches Tool Allowing Merchants to Get Paid in Bitcoin
Peer-to-peer digital asset marketplace Paxful is launching a tool that will allow businesses to receive payments in bitcoin. The tool is particularly aimed at merchants who have been shut out of the traditional banking system. Paxful CEO Ray Youssef explains the use case for the new tool. Plus, the state of crypto adoption in Africa.
Peer-to-Peer Crypto Trading Is Expanding Across the Developing World
Bitcoin might be seen as more of an asset class in the Western world, but in countries like Nigeria it is becoming the currency of choice for day-to-day commerce.
Crypto Across Emerging Markets with Leigh Cuen: Ray Youssef, Paxful
It's been said that the killer use-case for crypto is in emerging markets. We bring experts from around the world in to talk about crypto adoption in their local economies. In this section, reporter Leigh Cuen talks to Ray Youssef of Paxful.
Crypto Across Emerging Markets With Leigh Cuen: The Rise of Paxful
Few people have broader insight into peer-to-peer bitcoin trading patterns than Paxful CEO Ray Youssef. He says Argentina, Venezuela and Nigeria, just to name a few, continue to see growing demand for bitcoin so far in 2020. “Africa is leading the way, particularly Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa,” Youssef said.
