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Kenya Opens The Door For Crypto Firms To Trade Shares On Its Stock Exchange
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is courting several global crypto firms to offer shares on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. If…
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Liquidity Pools in Cryptocurrency: A Complete Guide
In the rapidly expanding world of decentralized finance (DeFi), liquidity pools have become one of the most crucial innovations. They…
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Meta Stablecoin Strategy: How It Could Transform Creator Payouts in 2025
In 2019, Meta (then Facebook) started the Libra Project, an ambitious attempt at creating a universal currency. But it was…
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Kenya’s Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill 2025: Progressive Step or Potential Overregulation
As cryptocurrency adoption continues to surge across the globe, Kenya with its technology-savvy citizens and a fast-growing digital economy has…
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Kenya Moves to Regulate Crypto With a New Virtual Asset Bill
Kenya is set to usher in new laws for digital assets regulations with the introduction of the Virtual Asset Service…
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Memecoins in Africa: Regulation, Risks, and Recent Policy Shifts
Meme coins have gained big across the continent but recently have had many homegrown tokens sprouting in Africa. Such meme…
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BYDFi: The Best Crypto Exchanges for Secure and Low-Cost Trading
Crypto trading has evolved rapidly over the last few years with the market projected to to reach US$1.8 Billion by…
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Nigeria Ranks Second in Global Crypto Adoption, Report
In recent years, Nigeria has emerged as a global leader in crypto adoption, driven by innovative use cases to combat…
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Tether invests $1.5 million in Sorted Wallet to enhance financial inclusion
Blockchain-enabled platform, Tether, has announced a strategic investment of $1.5 million (Sh. 193.4 million) in Sorted Wallet, a platform designed…
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Binance crosses 200 million registered users worldwide
Blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Binance has crossed 200 million registered users worldwide. Binance said in a statement on…
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Decrypting the Intricacies of Cryptocurrency Support and Resistance Levels
Navigating the high seas of cryptocurrency trading can often feel like a roller-coaster ride. The adrenaline-charged ups and downs are…
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Popular Crypto Trading Platform Paxful Shuts Down
Paxful, a popular Africa-focused cryptocurrency marketplace has announced that it’s shutting down and asked its users to withdraw their funds.…
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The Benefits of Using Cryptocurrency at Online Casinos
As the popularity of cryptocurrency continues to soar, people have become more and more interested in using it as a…
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COLUMNS
How blockchain DAOS will revolutionize organisations governance and decision making
According to Alexandra Sims in a paper titled “Blockchain and Decentralized Autonomous Organisations (DAOs): the evolution of companies?”, the term…
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Crypto regulation in Africa: What Good Regulation Looks Like
Millions of investors have been drawn to cryptocurrency by the prospect of rising prices. To this end, a growing number…
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Cryptocurrency: 6 Ways To Increase It And Where
Cryptocurrency has been around for a while, so how do you get more of it if you’re still new? In…
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[Interview] We’re driving Web3 adoption in Africa, Polygon’s Damilare says
Web3 is the latest iteration of the Internet that relies largely on blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning (AI).…
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Ethiopia is Leading African Nations in Regulating Crypto
Most governments across Africa have sounded a warning against cryptocurrencies, even though the wave of digital currencies seems unstoppable. Only…
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The Central African Republic Approves Bitcoin as legal tender
The Central African Republic (CAR) has approved the use of Bitcoin as an official currency. This makes it the first…
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Startups
Luno launches investment arm to support fintech and crypto startups
Cryptocurrency exchange platform Luno, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (“DCG”), today announced the launch of Luno Expeditions, an early-stage…
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4.8 million people in Kenya own cryptocurrency, report
Cryptocurrency adoption has been growing rapidly in Kenya over the past few years. In fact, the country is one of…
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Raccoon stealer uses Telegram, adds cryptomining and cryptocurrency theft, Sophos Report
A new report by security leader Sophos has revealed a raccoon stealer disguised as pirated software that grabs cryptocurrencies and…
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Mastercard creates simplified payments card offering for cryptocurrency companies
Mastercard has announced it will enhance its card program for cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges, making it simpler for partners to…
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Visa Is Moving Into Cryptocurrencies ‘In a Big Way’
Visa CEO Al Kelly says the payments giant is moving into cryptocurrencies in a big way. Speaking during an earnings…
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Nigerian Regulator Issues Warning Against Cryptocurrency Investments
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has issued a warning to the country’s citizens over cryptocurrency investments. The warning…
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PayPal-owned Venmo Payments App Adds Cryptocurrency Buying and Selling
Venmo, a payments app owned by PayPal, now allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. In a recent announcement, Venmo…
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PayPal is Pushing Further into Cryptocurrencies
For the last few years, American online payments firm, PayPal, has been among behemoth digital payment companies with a growing…
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Twitter CEO, Jay-Z Offer 500BTC to Support Bitcoin Development in Africa and India
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted that he will offer 500BTC, in partnership with US rapper Jay-Z, to a newly created…
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Nigeria bans banks from dealing with cryptocurrencies
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) shocked the local cryptocurrencies community on Friday when it issued a regulatory warning to…
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India Mulls Ban on Bitcoin and Other Private Cryptocurrencies
India plans to ban what it calls private cryptocurrencies, including the populous Bitcoin, and thousands of other altcoins, in favour…
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Facebook Libra Cryptocurrency to Launch in 2021
Facebook’s Libra ambitions to enable seamless transfer of cash and digitizing the financial world in its unique fashion were met…
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This NGO is using crypto to help hundreds of girls, women, and college workers in Nigeria and India
When WONDER Foundation saw its inception eight years ago with the mission to empower women and their communities through education,…
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Nigeria is getting its first-ever bitcoin ATM
Nigeria has the strongest economy in Africa and has always stood out as more or less financially stable compared to…
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Blockchain
Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Libra Officially launching in 2020
We had earlier reported that Facebook was planning the launch of its Cryptocurrency soon codenamed Libra. Facebook has now officially…
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Facebook’s new Cryptocurrency may be launched this month
In case you aren’t aware of Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions that have been speculating around, the project will be presented to…
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Russia is hosting the Blockchain Life 2018 conference in November
Industry leaders will from 7th to 8th November gather in St. Petersburg, Russia for Blockchain Life 2018 Conference – The…
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Zimbabwean cryptocurrency exchange Golix to hold a 24-hour online Q&A session
Zimbabwean Cryptocurrency exchange Golix has announced that it will be holding a 24 hour Q&A session on Reddit, one of…
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4 Organizations Spearheading Blockchain Education in Kenya
Currently, the blockchain hype is at an all-time high, not only in Kenya but also across the globe. There are…
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Google is banning Cryptocurrency related ads from its advertising network.
Google has announced that it is banning cryptocurrency related ads from its vast advertising network, effective in June 2018. The…
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KODAK, WENN Digital partner to launch major Blockchain Initiative and Cryptocurrency
Kodak and WENN Digital, in a licensing partnership, announced the launch of the KODAKOne image rights management platform and KODAKCoin,…
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