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STATISTICS | Binance Captures 94% of Crypto Airdrops and Staking…
A new industry report reveals Binance’s overwhelming control of the centralized exchange (CEX) airdrop and staking rewards market. In 2024 alone, the crypto giant secured $2.6 billion…
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STATISTICS | Binance Captures 94% of Crypto Airdrops and Staking Rewards in 2024, Reinforces Market Dominance -
MILESTONE | Stablecoin Supply Skyrockets by $30 Billion in Q1 2025 Reaching New All-Time Highs - Ethereum Remains the Epicenter
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FINTECH AFRICA | Peach Payments Acquires Senegalese Fintech, PayDunya, Following its Daily 70K Transactions in Francophone Africa
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REPORT | Africa Startups Raised $460 Million in Q1 2025, Says Africa, The Big Deal
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LIST | The Wildest Bitcoin Buys in History and How Much They’re Worth Now -
REGULATION | Congolese Fintech, Vault Pay, Receives Full License from the Central Bank of Congo DRC -
FUNDING | Human Rights Foundation Grants 1 Billion Satoshis (10 $BTC) to Support 23 Global Bitcoin Projects - 4 Are African Projects
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FUNDING | Ivory Coast Fintech, Djamo, Raises $17 Million After Surpassing 1 Million Customers and Serving Over 10,000 SMEs
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REGULATION | South African Regulator, FSCA, Warns Public Against Crypto Schemes, AfriInvest and MutualWealth -
INTRODUCING | YESMiner - A Trusted, Convenient and Secure Cloud Mining Experience -
DOLLARISATION | Leading Global Bank Warns of Potential Dollar Crisis Amid Trade Tensions
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GUIDE | The Crypto Landscape in Egypt and How Users Can Navigate Potential Issues
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STATISTICS | Non-Performing Loans for Digital Lenders in Kenya Hit 40% in 2024, Reveals Latest Study -
SURVEY | South Africa Leads Africa in Merchant Crypto Payment Adoption in 2025, Becomes 6th Globally
BITCOIN
OPPORTUNITIES
The Startup 360 Connect Program is now accepting applications for its exclusive initiative designed to...
Just 3 months after a deal with Binance to offer tech scholarships to 500 students, AltSchool Africa...
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF), in partnership with the African Guarantee...
Antler, a global early-stage VC firm that launched in Kenya in 2019, has expanded its operations to Nigeria....
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative to support African healthtech startups...
A new industry report reveals Binance’s overwhelming control of the centralized exchange (CEX) airdrop...
Despite a broader market downturn, the stablecoin sector saw explosive growth in the first quarter of...
South African fintech startup, Peach Payments, has expanded into the Francophone Africa region through...
African startup funding struggled in March, with startups across the continent securing only $50 million...
Ever bought a pizza, a car, or even real estate with Bitcoin? Depending on when you did it, you might...
Congolese startup, Vault Pay, has received a full license from the Central Bank of Congo DRC to execute...
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced a new wave of funding from its Bitcoin Development Fund,...
Ivory Coast fintech startup, Djamo, has secured $17 million in equity funding to support the expansion...
South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has issued a public warning against two unlicensed...
REPORTS
African startup funding struggled in March, with startups across the continent securing only $50 million...
SURVEY | South Africa Leads Africa in Merchant Crypto Payment Adoption in 2025, Becomes 6th Globally
A 2025 report by NFTEvening shows the growing adoption of cryptocurrencies in local economies, particularly...
A report by CoinsPaid highlights the growing demand for crypto payment solutions in the travel sector....
During the last 5 years, Nigeria has raised $4.6 billion in venture funding, 29 percent of the $16.2...
In line with the rest of the world, Nigeria is experiencing a major transition to digital payment methods...
KPMG has urged Nigerian financial institutions to adopt blockchain technology and work alongside cryptocurrency...
In 2024, mobile money agents in Kenya facilitated transactions worth KES 8.7 trillion ($67.3 billion)...
Consumer complaints against digital lenders saw a sharp increase in the year leading to June 2024, according...
A recent survey conducted by Integrated Payment Services Limited (IPSL) highlights the growing prominence...
The number of DeFi users in South Africa is expected to reach 378,000 by 2025, with user penetration...
5 Countries Are Responsible for Half of Africa’s GDP, Says IMFAccording to April 2024 data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the big 5 African economies...
As central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) continue to be a hot topic in global finance, nearly a third...
Partech, the global technology investment firm, has released its annual 2024 Africa Tech Venture Capital...
According to a new report conducted for Africa games publisher, Carry1st, by the gaming data platform,...
The annual stablecoin transfer volume, the total value of transactions made using stablecoins over a...
An analysis of document, biometric, and textual verifications showed a 14% decline in fraud detected...
Kenya has yet again emerged as the leading expatriate destination among African countries in a new survey...
The startup ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) attracted $2.3 billion in investments...
Bitget, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has released its 2024 transparency report,...
ETHEREUM
Written by Andre Cronje, Founder of Yearn Finance For those of you who might not know, back in...
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...
IvoryPay, a blockchain-powered payment and remittance platform enabling businesses across Africa to accept...
PRESS RELEASE – MARCH 31, 2022 Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has...
South African neobank, TymeBank, has crossed 10 million customers in less than 6 years since it was founded,...
FINTECH
To explore how mobile-first DeFi built on Celo could offer a truly unique solution for employer-based...
Ivory Coast-based consumer fintech, Djamo, has raised $14 million in an investment round led by Ycombinator,...
Talaty, a Moroccan fintech startup reshaping financing for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) through...
Nigerian Agri Fintech, Tingo, Integrates DeFi Lending Protocol To Expand Financial Access to Farmers
Tingo International, the parent company of Tingo Mobile, an over-the-counter (OTC) listed public company,...
EMTECH, a software solutions company targeting central banks, recently launched its Central Bank Digital...
We’re starting off 2022 with some audacious goals and we’re doing everything we can to bring them to...
Egyptian fintech startup, Paymob, has raised a $50 million in Series B funding round to help it launch...
Visa has unveiled its latest initiative, the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program, aimed at supporting...
FintechCashier, an innovative UK payment services provider, has chosen Xago as its preferred partner...
REGULATION
Congolese startup, Vault Pay, has received a full license from the Central Bank of Congo DRC to execute...
South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has issued a public warning against two unlicensed...
Like much of Africa, Egypt’s crypto industry is thriving despite regulatory uncertainty. While clear...
The financial sector is undergoing a pivotal transformation. While digital financial services have revolutionized...
The Ghanaian government is implementing a blockchain-based gold tracking system as part of its efforts...
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has officially signed the Investment and Securities Act (ISA)...
Nigeria’s Information Minister, Mohammed Idris, has stated that the government’s ongoing lawsuit against...
Brij Fintech Ghana, a licensed Payment Service Provider, has launched a six-month pilot of its BrijX...
The U.S. Treasury Department has officially removed cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash, from its sanctions...
Stakeholders in South Africa’s crypto industry are urging the country’s national treasury...
The Cayman Islands, long known as a crypto-friendly jurisdiction, is tightening its regulatory framework...
In a joint announcement, the Rwanda Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and the National Bank of Rwanda are...
Binance, the largest crypto exchange in Nigeria and Africa, has restricted access to its free token airdrops...
BANKING
The National Bank of Ethiopia has unveiled the capital requirements and regulations that will govern...
South Africa-based fintech, TymeBank, has grown its customer base by 7%, increasing from 10 million to...
Consumer complaints against digital lenders saw a sharp increase in the year leading to June 2024, according...
KCB Group, the largest commercial bank in East Africa, has bec0me the first financial institution in...
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)
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) is assessing the potential of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to enhance...
As central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) continue to be a hot topic in global finance, nearly a third...
In a move that may have ripple effects across the world, U.S. President, Donald Trump, has imposed a...
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...
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