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I woke this morning to see an article on Express Tribune titled *[Bitcoin start-ups in Asia take aim at remittances market](https://tribune.com.pk/story/1658942/2-bitcoin-start-ups-asia-take-aim-remittances-market/)*. I instantly clicked on it hoping to see Zephyr, and sure enough the first mention was of Bitspark, the company that is "unbanking the banked" using Zephyr on the **Bitshares blockchain**.

Zephyr will work to fix the remittances problems in countries like Pakistan which has annual remittances of $20 billion.

Zephyr will not only benefit from the super fast Bitshares network, but also from its smartcoins like bitUSD.

The article also quotes the CEO George Harrap:
> “Bitcoin is so much better as a mechanism to send money around the world,” said George Harrap, chief executive of Bitspark, a company that performs transfers for dozens of remittance shops in Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nigeria and Ghana. “There’s a lot less overhead that you need to do.”

It is great to see startups on the Bitshares blockchain and especially Zephyr getting publicity. Bitspark is a truly committed team, and Bitshares is slowly and gradually going to get the coverage it deserves.

Beginning of the good times! :)