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South Africa’s rand-backed ZARU stablecoin is now supported on Circle StableFX, enabling 24/7 on-chain FX

Bitget says approximately $351.6 million in crypto was affected after attackers compromised part of its

Nigeria has taken third place in Chainalysis’ 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index while ranking first

Two women have been charged in Nairobi over their alleged involvement in the QVSE investment

Nigeria’s evolving virtual-asset regulation are bringing crypto deeper into the formal financial system and creating

Forget football. Startup World Cup gives founders a global competition of their own, with African

VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani says at least R2.2 billion in potential crypto investment has been

More than three million Ghanaians are estimated to use or participate in virtual assets, according

Daya has added Sui as a settlement rail in Nigeria, allowing businesses to move supported

Ethiopian Electric Power has reduced Bitcoin miners to 23% of their contracted electricity as falling

Nigeria’s biggest-ever public offer turned investment apps into the front door of the capital market.

Ghana’s SEC sandbox now includes gold tokenisation, gold custody and commodity exchange pilots involving Africoin

AI agents in payments could become the next major shift in Africa’s digital economy, changing

Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority has named Just Markets, QVSE, CBEX and 12 other entities in

Africa Bitcoin Corporation has appointed Stafford Masie as interim CEO after three senior figures received

TerraPay Alipay integration could become one of the biggest digital-wallet stories for Africa this year.

UNICEF has added blockchain education to a new financial literacy course for young people, with

South Africa’s rand-backed stablecoin ZARU has added Absa to its banking network, giving the project

VALR, Luno, AltCoinTrader and EasyEquities have joined the CATASTROPHE coalition to oppose proposed South African

Nigeria’s crypto industry has called for changes to the SEC’s proposed digital asset rules, including

PAPSS Africa payments are becoming one of the most important stories in the continent’s digital

Celo has expanded cNGN-USDT liquidity on Uniswap, giving users another way to trade between the

The Liquid Network hack has raised fresh concerns about the security of Bitcoin sidechains after

Nomba cross-border payments are becoming a bigger story in African fintech after the Nigerian company

Universal Merchant Bank has become Ghana’s first bank approved to serve eligible virtual-asset businesses through

Ugandan software engineer Kizza Fredrich Kibalama is building DoxaUSD with a vision of making digital

Nigeria’s SEC has proposed tougher crypto custody rules, including a requirement that at least 80%

The Bank of Ghana has launched NaVALI, a nationwide virtual-asset literacy programme designed to help

Ghana has launched a Virtual Assets Coordinating Committee bringing together financial, security and policy regulators

Regulators from Ghana, Uganda and Mauritius are discussing greater coordination on stablecoin oversight as Africa’s

AI agent safety moved from theory into the physical, legal and cybersecurity worlds during the

Nigeria sovereign cloud plans have entered a more practical phase. NITDA has inaugurated a taskforce

Nigeria satellite expansion has entered a new phase after the Federal Executive Council approved the

Nvidia AI chip demand accelerated again in the company’s fiscal second quarter, strengthening the argument

Lisk is shutting down its blockchain and DAO, closing a chapter of ecosystem funding and

Bitcoin briefly moved above $81,000 as a sharp August rally continued, with short liquidations, macro

VALR has launched a crypto-backed borrowing product that lets eligible users access liquidity without selling

A disputed university election pushed Adedayo Akinpelu to rethink how critical software earns trust. Those

The South African Reserve Bank is investigating Kastelo over suspected exchange-control breaches involving about R4

NoOnes is winding down operations, leaving P2P traders across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and other African

Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 will take place in Nairobi from October 15–17, bringing founders, investors,

Blockchain.com has confirmed its admission into Nigeria SEC’s crypto regulatory sandbox through its local entity,

Austria’s financial regulator has fined Bitpanda €70,000 for breaches of MiCA rules involving white-paper timing

Tether is moving beyond stablecoins with a growing AI strategy built around local smartphone models,

Two traders reacted to the same MARSCOIN move linked to CZ’s public wallet. One entered

Nigeria’s SEC has admitted Yellow Card, Blockchain.com’s Nigerian entity and Pisi Payments, YDPay’s parent, into

Bitcoin does not permanently run out of space, but each block has limited capacity. Here

Bitcoin has faced two fork events in August 2026: the stalled BIP-110 soft-fork attempt and

Switzerland has become one of the world’s leading crypto hubs. Here is why companies continue

Kenya’s cryptocurrency market is entering a new phase as some of the biggest digital asset

Rift is building settlement infrastructure designed to reduce the dollar liquidity burden behind African cross-border

ZachXBT Tiffany Milanovich allegations have drawn attention across the crypto security community after the on-chain

VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani says South Africa’s proposed cross-border crypto rules could unintentionally drive users,

Michael Saylor says he used ChatGPT while designing financial products that helped Strategy build roughly

South Africa is proposing new reporting requirements for cryptocurrency transferred from authorised local platforms to

Africa-founded fintech Yellow Card has raised $40 million to expand its stablecoin and dollar-payment infrastructure

Coinbase recognises Kenya and Nigeria as supported markets for selected cryptocurrency and USDC services, but

Nigeria has clarified that eligible cryptocurrency companies will pay the standard 30% corporate income tax

ETHSafari is celebrating five years of connecting African blockchain builders, founders and communities with the

Kenya’s examinations council has anchored more than 15 million academic records on Avalanche. The KNEC

Nigeria crypto tax guidelines are now officially here, marking a major shift in how digital

BlockCoop SACCO is combining tokenised shares, blockchain governance, digital asset-backed loans and everyday payments to

Kenya’s new virtual asset regulations establish a clear process for freezing and seizing cryptocurrency linked

August has often been a volatile and difficult month for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Here is

A Coldcard firmware flaw linked to a $70 million Bitcoin theft is a reminder that

Bitcoin may cost tens of thousands of dollars, but beginners can buy a small fraction.

The Nairobi Securities Exchange and Tether have signed an MoU to explore tokenised securities, faster

Kenya will require licensed crypto companies to operate for at least three years before applying

Public Claude conversations appeared in Google and Bing search results, triggering claims of a major

BitMart and BitMEX have announced plans to shut down their crypto exchanges. We examine the

BitMEX shutting down marks the end of one of the most influential chapters in cryptocurrency

Kenya has officially gazetted its Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulations, introducing licensing, capital and compliance

Kenyan authorities have frozen approximately KSh115 million after tracing USDT transfers, exchange accounts and bank

Datavault AI has committed $5 million to the Mandela Dollar stablecoin, supporting its infrastructure, compliance

Kenya AI Copyright Ruling is one of Africa’s most significant legal decisions on artificial intelligence

The Bank of Tanzania is finalising regulations covering cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and virtual assets as the

The 2026 FIFA World Cup drove record activity across prediction markets, introducing new users to

Gridless CEO Erik Hersman speaks to Blockwisely about using surplus renewable energy for Bitcoin mining,

Nigeria’s virtual assets executive order has introduced a new system for coordinating cryptocurrency and digital-asset

Blockwisely speaks with documentary filmmaker Meave Akinyi about Kibera’s growing Bitcoin circular economy, where residents

Imagine This… You bought Bitcoin a few months ago. Shortly after your purchase, the price

Crypto does not automatically pass to your family when you die. Here is how crypto

Btrust has awarded Bitcoin developer grants in Africa to seven contributors from Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria,

The SARB crypto payment frameworks are beginning to take shape. The South African Reserve Bank

The United Nations Development Programme is moving its blockchain-based payment work with the Stellar Development

Swift has activated a blockchain-based shared ledger that will allow 17 major banks to test

Trump-linked entities reported approximately $636 million in income from the $TRUMP memecoin, while Nansen estimated

Circle Ventures has made a strategic investment in Flutterwave as the payments company expands its

Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority is procuring a blockchain analytics platform to monitor virtual asset transactions,

Nigeria received an estimated $59 billion in cryptocurrency value between July 2023 and June 2024,

African crypto company Busha has entered a strategic partnership with Women in DeFi to expand

Paystack has launched Paystack Index, an experimental product that allows users in Nigeria to ask

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks, fintech companies, mobile-money operators and other licensed

Visa and African payments company Onafriq are testing the use of stablecoins to settle mobile-money

The South African Revenue Service has published a draft guide explaining how existing income-tax and

Standard Chartered has partnered with stablecoin issuer Circle to give eligible institutional clients direct access

The stablecoin industry may be on the verge of its biggest transformation since the launch

Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has admitted seven additional digital asset and fintech companies

BNB Chain has launched BNB Agent Studio, a developer toolkit designed to make it easier

On July 1, 2026, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revoked the operating licences of