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REPORT | Bots Account for 90% of Stablecoin Transactions, Says…
Thanks to new data revealed by VISA, over 90% of stablecoin transaction volumes aren’t coming from genuine users, Bloomberg reported. VISA collaborated with Allium Labs on a…
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REPORT | Bots Account for 90% of Stablecoin Transactions, Says VISA
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REGULATION | Blockchain Tokenization Platform, AlphaBloq, Gets Admitted into the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya Regulatory Sandbox
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LIST | Senegalese Fintech, Wave, is the Only African Company Among Y Combinator's 'Top 50 Highest-Earning Startups of 2024'
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FUNDING | Venture Capital Investment in Crypto Sees Slight Resurgence in Q1 2024, Boosted by DePIN, Decentralized AI, and GameFi
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MILESTONE | Bitcoin Hits One Billion Transactions Post 2024 Halving
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REGULATION | Binance Not to Blame for Exchange Rate, Release Our Employee, Binance CEO Tells Nigeria
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Cryptocurrencies in Online Casinos - A New Era of Gambling?
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CBDC | National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) Seeks Public Views on a CBDC Ahead of Possible Proof-of-Concept
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'Peer-to-Peer Crypto Trading is Probably Like a Half a Trillion Dollar Business in Nigeria Alone,' Says Noones CEO and Founder
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REGULATION | Local Players Expect Nigeria to Ban Peer-to-Peer Crypto Trading Soon
OPPORTUNITIES
Google has announced the opening of applications for the 8th cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator...
The growth of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology has led to a huge number of jobs that are available,...
The UNICEF StartUp Lab, inaugurated in 2019, is a six-month accelerator program tailored for impactful...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has launched a global Grant Programme...
FarCaster is a decentralized social platform running on Ethereum. It enables users to create profiles,...
EigenLayer, introduced on the mainnet in June 2023, comprises a set of smart contracts operating on the...
DePIN, an abbreviation for ‘decentralized physical infrastructure networks,’ is gaining traction...
Every four years, the amount of Bitcoin rewarded to cryptocurrency miners is halved in a process aptly...
Ethereum, the prominent proof-of-stake blockchain, is undergoing a significant upgrade known as ‘Dencun,’...
In February 2024, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) added Kenya and Namibia to its global list of...
REPORTS
Thanks to new data revealed by VISA, over 90% of stablecoin transaction volumes aren’t coming from genuine...
For the second consecutive year, Senegalese fintech, Wave, was the only African company featured in Y...
During the first quarter of 2024, there was a notable resurgence in venture capital investment within...
The Bitcoin network hit a significant milestone on May 6 2024 when it completed its one billionth transaction....
Tether Holdings Limited (BVI) released its assurance opinion for the first quarter of 2024, conducted...
About 733,000 Maisha IDs are said to have been already issued to Kenyans, Kenyan officials say amid plans...
African fintech startups saw a sharp decrease in venture capital investments in 2023, a new report reveals....
Funding for fintech startups experienced a 16% decline compared to the previous quarter despite overall...
In March 2024, startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region secured $254 million through...
The cryptocurrency industry has incurred losses of $336.3 million due to hacks and scams during the first...
MTN Group Ltd. is actively pursuing a new round of investments in its fintech business which experienced...
Solana has surpassed Ethereum to claim the top position in weekly stablecoin transfer volume, making...
Since its inception, the cryptocurrency market has witnessed a considerable number of projects that failed....
According to CoinGecko Research, the Solana network has emerged as the leading blockchain ecosystem of...
After Beijing’s abrupt crypto ban in 2021, Chinese Bitcoin miners were forced out of their homeland....
ETHEREUM
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has shared Wells Notice with ConsenSys, the...
WorldCoin says it will unveil a new blockchain ‘designed for humans’ known as World Chain....
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) became the latest jurisdiction to approve Bitcoin...
EigenLayer, introduced on the mainnet in June 2023, comprises a set of smart contracts operating on the...
The cryptocurrency industry has incurred losses of $336.3 million due to hacks and scams during the first...
Solana has surpassed Ethereum to claim the top position in weekly stablecoin transfer volume, making...
Bitcoin continued its upward trajectory, reaching another all-time high at the beginning of the week...
Ether’s price surged to $3,000, marking its highest point in nearly two years. This increase comes...
Data from blockchain analytics firm, Nansen, shows that over 30 million Ether ($ETH), which represents...
The Starknet Foundation has revealed its strategy for distributing its native token, STRK ($STRK), with...
Starknet is a layer-2 scalability solution for Ethereum aiming to provide high throughput, low latency,...
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Opera, a global web innovator, has announced that its payment platform, Opera MiniPay, has surpassed...
In light of the recent announcements and recognition of crypto assets service providers (CASPs) by the...
SumSub, a comprehensive verification platform, has recently revealed the expansion of its Non-Document...
FINTECH
Nigerian fintech startup, TeamApt, is relaunching its Moniepoint product as a business bank in a bid...
Umba, a digital bank, has raised $15 million in its Series A round of funding almost two years since...
Chimoney, a global payment solutions provider backed by Techstars and headquartered in Canada, has successfully...
As per a regulatory filing, MTN Nigeria has revealed that it has received final approval from Nigerian...
Power, a financial technology company based in Kenya, has secured a $3 million seed funding round led...
To explore how mobile-first DeFi built on Celo could offer a truly unique solution for employer-based...
BitVice, a South-African startup, has launched a bitcoin-only buying platform which lets users store...
REGULATION
The Capital Markets Authority of Kenya (CMA Kenya) has admitted AlphaBloq Technologies Limited into the...
REGULATION | Binance Not to Blame for Exchange Rate, Release Our Employee, Binance CEO Tells Nigeria
Richard Teng, the CEO of Binance, has called for the release of Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance official...
A new crypto regulation that will ban peer-to-peer trading of cryptocurrencies is in the works in Nigeria...
Kenyan President, William Ruto, recently disclosed that Bitcoin mining company, Marathon Digital Holdings,...
Binance Founder and former CEO, Changpeng Zhao, has been sentenced to four months in prison after pleading...
The South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) has set a 2-year timeline within which to accelerate the selection...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States has cautioned Americans about the risks associated...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has formed a task-force to double remittance inflows into the country from...
In light of the recent announcements and recognition of crypto assets service providers (CASPs) by the...
Kenya has formed a multi-agency technical group to develop a regulatory and monitoring framework for...
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has granted licenses to 75 institutions, marking South...
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has opened a probe into ‘possible contraventions...
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BANKING
CBDC | National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) Seeks Public Views on a CBDC Ahead of Possible Proof-of-Concept
The National Bank of Rwanda has released a questionnaire seeking views from the public about a Central...
BRICS, the group of nations that includes Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa is set to establish an independent...
The South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) has set a 2-year timeline within which to accelerate the selection...
Aella Credit, a leading provider of credit and financial solutions in Nigeria, recently announced its...
The Mauritius Financial Services Commission (FSC), the regulatory authority responsible for the regulation,...
Proof of attendance protocol, often shortened to POAPs, function as digital badges you can collect at...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has started a slow rollout that allows...
FRANCOPHONE AFRICA
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EDUCATION
Long before we used paper money, people used many different objects as money. One of the defining characteristics...
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has surged to its highest level ever, occurring just over a week before...
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Wall Street experienced five consecutive days of net outflows...
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has allocated a total of $500,000 across 14 diverse projects worldwide,...
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DAOs
Core DAO is excited to introduce the African Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to provide...
Celo has finally unveiled a regional DAO which is expected to drive adoption of the blockchain in grassroots...
The South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) will be exploring multiple use cases involving a wholesale CBDC...
The Kamusi DAO Project is an initiative which aims to create a Kiswahili Web3 dictionary that represents...
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CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES (CBDCs)
CBDC | National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) Seeks Public Views on a CBDC Ahead of Possible Proof-of-Concept
The National Bank of Rwanda has released a questionnaire seeking views from the public about a Central...
The South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) has set a 2-year timeline within which to accelerate the selection...
The Central Bank of Mauritania (CBM) has entered into a partnership with security technology firm, Giesecke+Devrient...
SWIFT, the global bank messaging network, plans to develop a new platform to connect central bank digital...
In the company’s latest foray across the continent, Gluwa’s CEO, Tae Oh, paid a courtesy visit...
Blockchain-based financial platform Gluwa says it is currently investigating the potential of developing...
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