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REPORT | BitGet Saw Over 300% User Growth in Africa…
Bitget, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has released its 2024 transparency report, highlighting significant growth and achievements since its launch in 2018. The report, shared…
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REPORT | BitGet Saw Over 300% User Growth in Africa in 2024 - The Highest Regional Growth Globally -
INTRODUCING | Five Kenyan Associations Unite to Establish the Fintech Alliance (TFA) to Advance the Kenya Fintech Sector -
STABLECOINS | Trump Signs Executive Order to 'Promote the Development and Growth of Lawful and Legitimate Dollar-Backed Stablecoins Worldwide'
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REGULATION | Crypto Industry Proving Too Complex for Clear Regulations, Says Governor, South Africa Reserve Bank -
BITCOIN | 'Most Countries Have to Look at it [Bitcoin Reserve] Very Carefully, and So Are We," Says South African President at WEF 2025 -
REPORT | Bitcoin Outperformed All Asset Classes in 2024, Says Latest CoinGecko Report
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BITCOIN | 'I Have a Problem with a Lobby that Says Government Should Hold Bitcoin,' Says South Africa Central Bank Governor -
FUNDING | Egyptian Fintech, MoneyHash, Raises $5.2 Million Following a 3x Revenue Growth in 2024 -
BANKING | Safaricom, Kenyan Banks Submit Proposal to Integrate M-PESA with PesaLink -
WATCH | 'Let Us Tokenize Government Projects to Raise Funding and Enable Citizens Invest,' Says Kenya Cabinet Minister -
FINTECH AFRICA | Nigerian B2B Fintech, Waza, Launches Multi-Currency Account Platform to Support Businesses in Emerging Markets -
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Kenya Releases Draft AI National Strategy for Public Comments -
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS [DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 6 2025] | USAID Announces the Women Entrepreneurship Incubator Program in Kenya -
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BITCOIN
OPPORTUNITIES
The USAID Women Entrepreneurship Incubator Program (WEIP) is a transformative initiative aimed at supporting...
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...
Bitget, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has released its 2024 transparency report,...
Five associations have joined forces to establish the FinTech Alliance (TFA) to drive the growth and...
In a move that may have ripple effects across the world, U.S. President, Donald Trump, has imposed a...
The disruptive nature of the cryptocurrency industry poses significant challenges for regulators as they...
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has said that South Africa is eagerly looking at the...
The fourth quarter of 2024 was a historic period for Bitcoin (BTC), as it surged past the $100,000 mark...
The Reserve Bank of South Africa (which is the South African central bank) Governor, Lesetja Kganyago,...
Egyptian fintech and a leading payment orchestration platform in Middle East and North Africa (MENA),...
Kenyan leading telco, Safaricom, and the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA), have submitted a proposal to...
REPORTS
Bitget, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has released its 2024 transparency report,...
The fourth quarter of 2024 was a historic period for Bitcoin (BTC), as it surged past the $100,000 mark...
The NFT market faced a challenging 2024, with trading volumes and sales counts plummeting to their lowest...
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,...
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...
Safaricom Ethiopia customer base grew by about 250,000 subscribers to 4.6 million in the quarter two...
Ripple, the blockchain solutions company behind $XRP token, has announced a partnership with Pan African...
In reaction to a recent earthquake that killed 2,901 people in Marrakesh – Safi, Morocco so far,...
FINTECH
We’re starting off 2022 with some audacious goals and we’re doing everything we can to bring them to...
PayPal recently announced that it is introducing support for native transfer of cryptocurrencies between...
Talaty, a Moroccan fintech startup reshaping financing for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) through...
EverSend, the Ugandan multi-currency wallet and currency exchange, has secured $1.015 million in investments....
Chimoney, a global payment solutions provider backed by Techstars and headquartered in Canada, has successfully...
Egyptian fintech startup, Paymob, has raised a $50 million in Series B funding round to help it launch...
Pivo, a Nigerian fintech that provided banking services to small supply chain businesses, is closing...
The penetration of financial technologies in Nigeria stands at only 35%, with this proportion of the...
Nigerian crypto startup, Bitmama, has raised $1.65 million in a pre-seed extension round, to add to the...
REGULATION
In a move that may have ripple effects across the world, U.S. President, Donald Trump, has imposed a...
The disruptive nature of the cryptocurrency industry poses significant challenges for regulators as they...
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...
BANKING
The disruptive nature of the cryptocurrency industry poses significant challenges for regulators as they...
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....
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 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...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released an October 2024 paper examining the possible options...
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