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INTRODUCING | BitGet LaunchX to Support Jambo’s $5 Million Fundraising…
The BitGet cryptocurrency exchange has announced the upcoming LaunchX event for Jambo, the world’s largest on-chain mobile network for emerging markets like Africa. Jambo aims to raise…
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REPORT | Adoption of Crypto Assets Has Outpaced Growth for Mobile Phones and the Internet, Says Latest 2025 BlackRock Report -
INTRODUCING | BitGet LaunchX to Support Jambo’s $5 Million Fundraising for Satellite Launch Program
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Solidus Ai Tech Announces Agent Forge - A Revolutionary Platform for AI Agents to Manage Complex Web3 Tasks
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STABLECOINS | 63% of Illicit Crypto Funds Flowed Through Stablecoins in 2024, Says Chainalysis
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FUNDING | Emerging Markets Remittance Fintech, LemFi, Secures $53 Million Series B Funding, Now Handling Over $1 Billion in Monthly Payment Volume -
REPORT | Binance Blacklisted Over 47,000 Malicious Crypto Addresses in 2024
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XRP Takes Off, Trump’s Interaction with Ripple (XRP) Leaders Drives Price Surge, BYDFi Becomes the Go-To Exchange for Investors -
MILESTONE | Ethiopia Securities Exchange (ESX) Officially Launches After 50 Years -
NORTH AFRICA | Web3 Was the Most Funded Sector in MENA Region in December 2024 -
Kenya Crypto Regulations to Cost ~$14 Million, Says Kenya Ministry of Finance -
BITCOIN | Bitcoin ‘Lacks Intrinsic Value,’ Says CEO, JPMorgan Chase, the World's Largest Financial Institution -
INTRODUCING | The Jambo ($J) Token Set to Drop on January 22 2025 Across Various Global Crypto Exchanges
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REGULATION | South African Man Arrested on Allegations of Financing Terrorism Using Bitcoin -
BRICS | Kenya Reportedly Sought China's Help to Join the BRICS Bloc in November 2024
BITCOIN
OPPORTUNITIES
The UNICEF Venture Fund is on the hunt for ground-breaking Open Source technology solutions that can...
VISA, the global payment card network, has unveiled its 2025 Accelerator Program designed to drive innovation...
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS [DEADLINE: DECEMBER 27 2024] | Apply for The Btrust Builders’ 2025 ₿OSS Cohort
Btrust Builders, in collaboration with Chaincode Labs, is issuing a final call for applications to the...
Binance, a global leader and Africa’s leading crypto exchange, has announced a partnership with...
Bloomberg is thrilled to announce the launch of the inaugural Africa Startups to Watch List. Two decades...
Crypto has outpaced the growth of mobile phones and the internet, says the latest 2025 report by BlackRock,...
The BitGet cryptocurrency exchange has announced the upcoming LaunchX event for Jambo, the world’s largest...
Solidus Ai Tech is set to launch Agent Forge, a groundbreaking platform designed to redefine how users...
Maintaining their position from 2023, stablecoins continued to be the most popular crypto of choice for...
LemFi, a London-based financial services platform tailored for immigrants, has secured $53 million in...
In 2024, the cryptocurrency landscape continued to grow, offering vast opportunities and transformative...
Since the end of 2017, Ripple’s XRP has been a favorite among crypto traders. Serving as a bridge...
Ethiopia has officially launched its first stock exchange after the Ethiopian Securities Exchanges (ESX)...
The startup ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) experienced a significant slowdown in...
REPORTS
Angel investors are stepping in to fill the gap left by the decline in funding within Africa’s...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended that Kenya establish a transparent and predictable...
According to a new report by Africa: the Big Deal, startups in Africa raised $2.2 billion in 2024 in...
Tech startups from Kenya raised over $638 million in 2024, 29% of all the money raised on the continent,...
Phishing was the most costly attack vector in Web3 in 2024, in a year where a total of $2.3 billion was...
Bitcoin (BTC), which is marking its 16th anniversary since the mining of its initial block, is poised...
REPORT | Hackers Stole Over $2.2 Billion From Cryptocurrency Users in 2024, North Korea Main Culprit
The value of crypto funds stolen by hackers and cybercriminals increased by approximately 21.07% year-over-year...
Nigeria’s fintech ecosystem secured over $2 billion in investments in 2024, according to the 2024 Economic...
Emerging markets lead the way in blockchain adoption, while many nations in Europe, east Asia and the...
According to Tether, 109 million on-chain wallets held USDT at the start of the fourth quarter, making...
Venture funding in Africa experienced a decline in November 2024, with 32 startups across the continent...
Diaspora remittances to Kenya reached $437.2 million ( KES 56.2 billion) in October 2024, the largest...
There were 73 private market deals recorded across the continent in Q3 2024, including 39 deals with...
As of 2022, Nigeria boasted approximately 3,360 startups, the highest number in Africa, with Lagos alone...
To date, three jurisdictions have launched a nation-wide CBDC: The Bahamas Jamaica, and Nigeria while...
There have never been more monthly active crypto addresses, says the latest ‘State of Crypto’...
Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region raised $134 million across 56 deals in October 2024,...
The number fintech companies in Africa has nearly tripled since 2020, significantly improving access...
African crypto communities on Telegram have grown by 189% since early 2023, according to a recent October...
CB Insights, a global startup performance analytics firm, has unveiled its list of the 100 most promising...
ETHEREUM
Ethereum, the global blockchain platform, announced it awarded $12.8 million in grants during the third...
The story of Legitify, a cutting-edge project developed by a talented team of students from the University...
Being chosen as a legal scholar for DevCon by the Ethereum Foundation was a profound honor. This unique...
U.S-traded spot Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw about $476 million in outflows during...
In a recent social media post, Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation spokesperson, Josh Stark,...
Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network, Base, has reached a new milestone with over 1 million daily active...
Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded nearly $6 billion in trading volume amid the global market turmoil on...
The “I’m Too Smart to Fall for That” Syndrome So, you think you’re the Sherlock...
This week, we’re celebrating Ethereum’s 9th birthday – that’s right, our favorite blockchain...
The nine United States Ether Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) saw about $1.08 billion in cumulative trading...
Stitch, a South African fintech startup, has introduced WigWag, a social commerce payment platform designed...
The Hustler Fund, a loan app introduced by Kenyan President, William Ruto, in November 2022, is experiencing...
In a blog post, the World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its 2022 list of Technology pioneers with 7 Startups...
FINTECH
Funding for fintech startups experienced a 16% decline compared to the previous quarter despite overall...
Julaya, which positions itself as a payment solution for companies in the Ivory Coast, has raised $5...
Egyptian startup, Swypex, has unveiled the rollout of its comprehensive financial services platform for...
Nigerian fintech, Grey, has raised $ 2 million as it sets out to grow its virtual currencies service...
Lami, a digital insurance product based out of Kenya, has raised $3.7 million in an extension round,...
Pan African payment solutions company, Chipper Cash, says it is closing on a deal to acquire Zoona, an...
Lulalend, a South African fintech which offers digital lending services to small and medium-sized businesses...
The Central Bank of Kenya has said it has re-introduced charges for transactions between mobile money...
Waya, a cross-border, cross-network remittance and payment solution in Ghana, has partnered with Ripple...
REGULATION
Kenya will require KES 1.82 billion (~$14 million) to introduce regulations for the use of cryptocurrency...
Cryptocurrency adoption in Africa has experienced remarkable growth in recent years, driven by a combination...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended that Kenya establish a transparent and predictable...
Kenya is forging ahead with plans to regulate the crypto industry, with a request for public participation...
Crypto asset service providers argue that South African regulators should take inspiration from the U.S....
South African fintech, Mukuru, has announced that it has received deposit-taking microfinance institution...
Nigeria has one of the best crypto regulation regimes in Africa, towering above countries like Kenya,...
In 2024, the major African countries continued to make progress in cryptocurrency adoption. Nigeria and...
According to the Bank of Botswana, the local cryptocurrency sector poses minimal risks to financial stability....
The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Nigeria) has proposed a new law designed to address...
Emomotimi Agama, the Director General of the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission says that Nigerian...
Bank of Tanzania’s fintech regulatory sandbox will begin receiving applications on January 2 2025,...
The Capital Markets Authority of Kenya (CMA Kenya) has admitted Yeshara Tokens Limited into the Capital...
BANKING
According to local reports, Kenyan banks are calling for the upgrade of the existing PesaLink system...
Uganda is set to officially become a BRICS partner state on January 1 2025, according to Yury Ushakov,...
According to the Bank of Botswana, the local cryptocurrency sector poses minimal risks to financial stability....
Diaspora remittances to Kenya reached $437.2 million ( KES 56.2 billion) in October 2024, the largest...
Neil Leon De Waal, a South African associate of the controversial investment scheme GS Partners, was...
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...
A new survey conducted by IPSOS for the World Economic Forum (WEF) finds that half of adults across 29...
The term, metaverse, can trace its roots back 3 decades ago to a sci-fi novel by Neal Stephenson called...
FRANCOPHONE AFRICA
EDUCATION
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS [DEADLINE: DECEMBER 27 2024] | Apply for The Btrust Builders’ 2025 ₿OSS Cohort
Btrust Builders, in collaboration with Chaincode Labs, is issuing a final call for applications to the...
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,...
Every four years, the amount of Bitcoin rewarded to cryptocurrency miners is halved in a process aptly...
In a new analysis, crypto asset management firm, GrayScale, says that Bitcoin’s technical fundamentals...
Open interest in Bitcoin surged to $31 billion on March 4 2024 surpassing the previous record of $24.3...
A Bitcoin address is a string of alphanumeric characters that represents a destination for Bitcoin transactions....
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...
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES (CBDCs)
In 2024, the major African countries continued to make progress in cryptocurrency adoption. Nigeria and...
Ivory Coast fintech, HUB2, has raised $8.5 million in a series A funding round led by pan-African early-stage...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it has completed its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot project...
To date, three jurisdictions have launched a nation-wide CBDC: The Bahamas Jamaica, and Nigeria while...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has won the prestigious ‘Innovation in Digital Currency Design for Financial...
The Central Bank of the Kingdom of Eswatini has released a design paper detailing its potential central...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released an October 2024 paper examining the possible options...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has pledged more measures to jumpstart the low adoption of its digital...
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