CD205: JASON - TANDO - SPEND BITCOIN ANYWHERE IN KENYA

CD205: JASON - TANDO - SPEND BITCOIN ANYWHERE IN KENYA

From Citadel Dispatch by ODELL

June 9, 2026 · 1h 3m

About this episode

Jason discusses Tando, a Bitcoin payments app in Kenya that connects Lightning to M-PESA, and its implications for Bitcoin circular economies.

Jason joins to discuss Tando, a Bitcoin payments app in Kenya that connects Lightning to M-PESA. We get into why M-PESA dominates Kenyan payments, how Tando lets Bitcoiners spend sats anywhere M-PESA is accepted, and why pragmatic fiat bridges help bootstrap real Bitcoin circular economies. Then we discuss phone numbers as financial identities, Lightning addresses for Kenyan phone numbers, KYC-free Bitcoin flows, merchant adoption, AI-assisted development, upcoming Kenya Bitcoin events, and the changing regulatory environment. Tando: https://tando.me/ Tando on X: https://x.com/tando_me Tando on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqs97ekh6cxykm34l0m5ddrlymhj9rxrys3jemtf90psy3nysum0lkcvrgxmd Bitcoin Kenya: https://bitcoin.co.ke EPISODE: 205 BLOCK: 952989 PRICE: 1640 sats per dollar more info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.com learn more about me: https://odell.xyz monitor the situation: https://citadelwire.com ten31: https://ten31.xyz opensats: https://opensats.org

People in this episode

Host: ODELL

Guest: Jason

Topics covered

  • Bitcoin payments
  • M-PESA
  • Tando app
  • Kenya
  • financial identities
  • merchant adoption
  • regulatory environment

Keywords

  • Bitcoin
  • Tando
  • M-PESA
  • Kenya
  • payments
  • Lightning
  • KYC-free
  • merchant adoption
  • regulatory environment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tando, M-PESA, Bitcoin Kenya

Places: Kenya, Kenyan

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