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BITCOIN | Ethiopia Emerges as a Global Bitcoin Mining Hub…
Ethiopia is stepping into the global spotlight for Bitcoin mining, becoming the first African country to support large-scale, state-backed operations. With the government signing agreements with 21…
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STATISTICS | Only 3 African Countries Host Companies Worth Over $1 Billion - Here is Why -
BITCOIN | Ethiopia Emerges as a Global Bitcoin Mining Hub - Key Takeaways from UMINERS’ AMA -
MILESTONE | USDT Becomes the First Stablecoin to Surpass $150 Billion Market Cap -
REPORT | The Stellar Q1 2025 Report - Soroban Launch, Global Remittances & Blockchain Utility in Motion -
MILESTONE | Aave Hits $40 Billion in On-Chain Value Locked - A New High in DeFi Lending
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STABLECOINS | Stripe’s Stablecoin Play Skips Africa’s Biggest Fintech Hubs - Here’s Why That Matters
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GLOBAL | WorldCoin’s Latest Gadget, the Orb Mini, Faces Global Scrutiny as Global Legal Backlash Continues
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BITCOIN | How Bitcoin is Powering Over 70 Businesses on the Garden Route in South Africa
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INTRODUCING | Pump.Fun Decentralized Exchange, PumpSwap, Surpasses $100 Million TVL in Less Than 2 Months Amid Memecoin Trading Surge
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Why SocialFi Has Yet to Take Off - And What Needs to Change
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FINTECH AFRICA | Nigerian Fintechs, Accelerex and ITEX, Go Onchain with Zone's Regulated Blockchain Network -
STATISTICS | South African Stokvels Account Deposits Surged by 66% in Just One Year, Reveals FNB Data -
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | The South Africa Reserve Bank and BIS Launch the 2025 G20 TechSprint Seeking Tech Solutions for Pressing Problems
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LIST | Here is the List of Countries in Africa Where Stripe Stablecoin-Based Accounts Are Available
BITCOIN
OPPORTUNITIES
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...
The UNICEF Venture Fund is on the lookout for early-stage startups using frontier technologies –...
Africa’s corporate landscape is sharply uneven, with billion-dollar companies – commonly referred...
Ethiopia is stepping into the global spotlight for Bitcoin mining, becoming the first African country...
In a significant milestone for the crypto industry, Tether’s USDt stablecoin has officially surpassed...
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) released its Q1 2025 report – and it’s a quietly powerful...
The decentralized finance (DeFi) giant, Aave, has once again cemented its position at the top of the...
STABLECOINS | Stripe’s Stablecoin Play Skips Africa’s Biggest Fintech Hubs - Here’s Why That Matters
Stripe just made a major move in the Web3 space – rolling out support for stablecoins like USDC...
WorldCoin’s latest invention, the Orb Mini, has ignited another wave of skepticism and satire across...
Several small towns along the Garden Route in the Western Cape, South Africa, are adopting Bitcoin as...
In a striking development for decentralized finance (DeFi), Solana-based launchpad, Pump.fun, has seen...
REPORTS
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...
The U.S. government has raised concerns over fraudulent title deeds in Kenya, marking a setback to the...
In a continent rapidly embracing digital transformation, mobile penetration remains a key indicator of...
South Africa’s Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has issued a warning to the country’s expanding crypto...
REPORT | Bitcoin-Native Startups Weather Funding Winters to Raise $1.2 Billion Between 2021 and 2024
A recent study by venture capital firm, Trammell Venture Partners (TVP), reveals sustained momentum in...
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....
ETHEREUM
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,...
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...
Leading Nigerian fintech, MoniePoint, has raised $110 million in Series C funding led by Development...
In a move aimed at decentralizing influence and boosting transparency, Binance has rolled out new: Vote...
Zone, a Nigerian blockchain startup facilitating payment processing for banks and fintechs, has secured...
FINTECH
TeamApt, a B2B fintech from Nigeria, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding in an investment round...
We caught up with Moses Onitilo, Co-Founder and CTO of Jamborow, an all-inclusive fintech platform...
At Safaricom’s Fintech Innovation Week, the leading East African telco brought together stakeholders...
In a blog post, Kenyan startup Marketforce, a B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods...
In an interview with the Standard newspaper, Michael Joseph, the founding CEO of Safaricom, has aired...
South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Egypt attract the bulk of investment funds coming into tech on the...
Power, a financial technology company based in Kenya, has secured a $3 million seed funding round led...
Paymenow, a South African startup that provides earned wage access (EWA), has secured a ZAR250 million...
As per a regulatory filing, MTN Nigeria has revealed that it has received final approval from Nigerian...
REGULATION
STABLECOINS | Stripe’s Stablecoin Play Skips Africa’s Biggest Fintech Hubs - Here’s Why That Matters
Stripe just made a major move in the Web3 space – rolling out support for stablecoins like USDC...
WorldCoin’s latest invention, the Orb Mini, has ignited another wave of skepticism and satire across...
As Kenya accelerates its journey into the digital asset space, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)...
A Kenyan High Court has ruled against WorldCoin Foundation’s data collection activities, ordering the...
The recent collapse of the latest Ponzi scheme in Nigeria, Crypto Bridge Exchange or CBEX, has left many...
The Federal High Court has dismissed an interim injunction request by eNaira Payment Solutions Limited...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned Nigerians to avoid engaging in investment activities...
Regulated crypto exchanges in South Africa have put out Travel Rule announcements to their users alerting...
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has issued a stark warning in its April 15 report regarding...
The Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs has raised alarm over the rise of cyber slavery across parts...
The Nigeria Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC Nigeria) has issued a wanted notice for eight...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG), which is the Central Bank of Ghana, plans to begin regulating cryptocurrency...
Crypto exchange Binance is set to implement stricter regulations for its South African user base, which...
BANKING
The South African Reserve Bank and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has launched the 2025...
The Kenya Central Bank (CBK) is exploring adding gold to its foreign exchange reserves as part of a strategy...
The Federal High Court has dismissed an interim injunction request by eNaira Payment Solutions Limited...
Kenyan banks recorded currency losses totaling KES 57 billion ($438.3 million) in the financial year...
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 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...
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