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INTRODUCING | Luno Relaunches in Kenya Amidst the Upcoming Digital…
Luno, the cryptocurrency exchange with South African roots, has officially relaunched in Kenya, marking a key milestone in its continued expansion across the continent. According to a…
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INTRODUCING | Luno Relaunches in Kenya Amidst the Upcoming Digital Asset Regulatory Framework -
FRANCOPHONE AFRICA | African Development Bank (AfDB) Strengthens CAR’s Fight Against Illicit Financial Flows and Poor Resource Loan Governance -
EDITORIAL | Centralized Exchanges Are Moving On-Chain - Here is Why This is No Longer Optional -
OPINION | African Agritech Is Quietly Collapsing - And We Need to Talk About It -
REGULATION | SEC Nigeria Warns Nigerians Against Fraudulent Crypto Ponzi Platform, CMTrading, Over Unlicensed Operations -
BANKING | The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) is Exploring Tokenized Collateral Frameworks, Says CEO, Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) -
MILESTONE | Onchain Gold Trading Surges to Record High as Market Eyes Tokenized Stocks -
EDITORIAL | Amazon and Walmart Want to Kill $143 Billion in Bank Fees - With Stablecoins -
Bitcoin Mentioned in Conviction of 3 Internet Fraudsters in Nigeria
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OPINION | Africa’s Capital Market Opportunity: Is Tokenization the Secret Key to Unlock Africa’s Economic Potential? - By CEO, Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
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EDITORIAL | In Crypto We Trust? Why Credibility Is the Real Currency (or Token) in the Age of Decentralization -
STATISTICS | Gen Z Powers 54% of Our Users in Africa, Reveals Binance
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GUIDE | Spotting the Next 100x Crypto Project Before Everyone Else -
REGULATION | SEC Nigeria Warns Against ZugaCoin and Samzuga GPT Digital Assets, Labels Them Unlicensed and High-Risk Meme Coins
BITCOIN
OPPORTUNITIES
Fedrok AG, a pioneering Swiss blockchain firm renowned for its innovations in carbon credit tokenization...
The South African Reserve Bank and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has launched the 2025...
Are you passionate about crypto and eager to make a difference in major cities across Africa, such as...
Are you exporting products from South Africa to Nigeria? Orange, a Lightning network-powered solution...
Google has opened applications for the 9th edition of its Google for Startups Accelerator Program. The...
Luno, the cryptocurrency exchange with South African roots, has officially relaunched in Kenya, marking...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has wrapped up a high-level workshop in Bangui, Central African...
The future of crypto trading is unfolding before our eyes – and it’s happening on-chain. Coinbase,...
By Blessing Mene Across Africa, agritech is faltering – not with a bang, but with silence....
The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Nigeria) has issued a strong warning to the public...
The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) is now exploring tokenized collateral frameworks, according to a...
Gold-backed tokens have quietly posted record-breaking volumes – signaling growing investor appetite...
With the U.S Senate passing the GENIUS Act stablecoin legislation, two of the world’s largest retailers,...
Three individuals have been convicted and sentenced for internet fraud and money laundering in Maiduguri,...
REPORTS
Sixteen years after Bitcoin’s launch, crypto has moved far beyond speculative hype. Coinbase’s latest...
Stablecoins are gaining ground as a reliable tool for digital payments. New data from Artemis shows that...
Once seen primarily as a place to store tokens, the crypto wallet is now the gateway to a full financial...
Crypto brands have increased their sports sponsorship spend by 20% year-on-year to $565 million, according...
As the crypto landscape evolves at breakneck speed, wallets have matured from basic asset holders into...
The 2025 State of Stablecoins report by Fireblocks offers a comprehensive overview of the evolving role...
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) released its Q1 2025 report – and it’s a quietly powerful...
Crypto lending has undergone a seismic transformation since the collapses of 2022 and 2023. In its April...
Art NFT trading volume has collapsed by 93% since their 2021 peak, dropping from $2.9 billion that year...
Crypto users have already lost over $1.7 billion to these groups – an increase of 14% over the...
Tether International S.A. de C.V. (TI) has published its Q1 2025 attestation report, independently completed...
There were more stablecoin transactions in the first quarter of 2025 than VISA transactions, says the...
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has issued a stark warning in its April 15 report regarding...
REPORT | Crypto Market Cap Fell 18% in Q1 2025 to $2.8 Trillion, Bitcoin Dominance Rises to Near 60%
The total crypto market capitalization declined by 18.6% ($633.5 billion) in Q1 2025 closing the quarter...
Nigeria has taken the lead in Africa’s Web3 ecosystem, accounting for 4% of all new developers...
In a first comprehensive look at Nigeria’s Web3 industry, a new report’s findings reveal...
Kenya has emerged as a continental leader in women’s financial inclusion, ranking third in Africa according...
Kenya leads the continent’s two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, in the online gig...
ETHEREUM
LovCash, a blockchain-powered platform, is bringing real-time data, digital payments, and loyalty rewards...
Global e-commerce leader, Shopify, has begun rolling out early access to stablecoin payments using Circle’s...
PayPal’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, PYUSD, has returned to the spotlight after its market capitalization...
Ethereum staking has reached a new milestone, with over 34.6 million ETH – worth nearly $90 billion...
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) appears to be leaning further into decentralized finance, as Aave Founder,...
The Ethereum liquid restaking sector has experienced a significant downturn, with the total value locked...
The decentralized finance (DeFi) giant, Aave, has once again cemented its position at the top of the...
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,...
PayStack, the Nigerian fintech acquired by Stripe in 2020 for $200 million, is reportedly laying off...
Yellow Card, Africa’s leading fiat-to-crypto on and off-ramp, has announced a new partnership with LightSpark...
After suspending its marketplace activities due to key staff departures and regulatory obstacles in April...
FINTECH
Paymenow, a South African startup that provides earned wage access (EWA), has secured a ZAR250 million...
EverSend, the Ugandan multi-currency wallet and currency exchange, has secured $1.015 million in investments....
Nigerian fintech startup, TeamApt, is relaunching its Moniepoint product as a business bank in a bid...
TeamApt, a B2B fintech from Nigeria, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding in an investment round...
In 2017, African fintech businesses pulled in almost a third of total funding raised by startups on the...
2019 proved to be the best year yet for African tech startups with the fintech sector remaining the most...
Lipa Later, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) fintech platform based in Kenya, has secured $3.4 million through...
As the fintech industry continues to gain traction in Africa, Cameroon is emerging as a hub for innovative...
Johannesburg has been ranked the top fintech destination in Africa in the latest Global Fintech City...
REGULATION
The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Nigeria) has issued a strong warning to the public...
With the U.S Senate passing the GENIUS Act stablecoin legislation, two of the world’s largest retailers,...
Three individuals have been convicted and sentenced for internet fraud and money laundering in Maiduguri,...
By Frank Mwiti, Chief Executive Officer, Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) Africa’s economies...
The Nigeria Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Nigeria) has issued a fresh warning to the public,...
As retail interest in meme coins continues to surge, Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
Global payments giant, VISA, is stepping up its stablecoin strategy in emerging markets, announcing a...
Kenyan President, William Ruto, has officially signed into law the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating...
REGULATION | Kenya Retained on FATF Grey List - Crypto, Fintech Firms Face Rising Compliance Demands
Despite making substantial progress on financial crime laws and frameworks, Kenya remains on the Financial...
The U.S. Senate is preparing for a critical vote on the GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National...
After years of devastating losses to financial scams, the Nigerian government has officially passed a...
At a pivotal Financial Investigations & Asset Recovery Workshop held at the Kenya School of Government,...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has issued a warning to the public regarding YellowPay, a digital payment platform...
The European Commission – the executive branch of the European Union (EU) – has officially...
BANKING
The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) is now exploring tokenized collateral frameworks, according to a...
In Nigeria’s fast-evolving digital financial landscape, mobile banking apps have become essential tools...
Just two weeks after a landmark Pretoria High Court ruling found that cryptocurrencies are not subject...
A new Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) survey has revealed that most Kenyan banks are ready to offer cryptocurrency-related...
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...
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
TRON DAO, the community-governed organization committed to advancing internet decentralization through...
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...
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES (CBDCs)
The Federal High Court has dismissed an interim injunction request by eNaira Payment Solutions Limited...
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...
The Central Bank of the Kingdom of Eswatini has released a design paper detailing its potential central...
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