Gate Ventures recently announced a strategic investment in the crypto payment network Mesh, aiming to build a unified payment connection layer that simplifies the complexity of crypto and fiat transactions through a single API. Mesh's cross-ecosystem payment solution helps achieve seamless value transfer, enhancing the security and scalability of payment systems.

Uganda shut down the internet during the presidential election to curb the spread of false information, during which the Bitchat app became the most downloaded app, with over 400,000 users. The app does not require internet access and is based on a Bluetooth mesh network.