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

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.

May 14, 2020

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.