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Is Nigeria Finally Ready for Crypto? SEC To Issue Crypto Licenses in August

Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it will begin issuing crypto…

Zone, NIBSS Collab To Make POS Payments Use Blockchain Tech

The Nigerian blockchain payment infrastructure, Zone has partnered with the Nigerian Inter-Bank…

Kenya Reduces Interest Rate to 12.75% Amid Cooling Inflation

In July, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announced it would reduce…

Unity Bank Seeks ₦700 Billion Support from CBN for Providus Bank Merger

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will provide…

Bitcoin Dips to $52,000 as Ethereum Falls to $2,100

Bitcoin has fallen over 13% in the past two days, hovering at…

Bitcoin Drops as Investors React to Trump’s Crypto Comments and Anticipate Central Bank Meetings

Cryptocurrencies are falling to begin the last week of July after traders…

X Silently Removes Bitcoin and Crypto Emojis from Hashtags

On Friday, X users began noticing that they could no longer see…

OKX Crypto Exchange Halts Services in Nigeria

Crypto exchange OKX has announced that it will shut down operations in…

Kenya Misses Tax Target by $2 Billion Despite Tax Hikes

Despite the tax hikes introduced in Kenya’s 2023/2024 Finance Bill, the Kenya…

OPay Gains Court Approval to Freeze Bank Accounts in Recovery of ₦714 Million from System Glitch

OPay has received an approval from the Federal High Court in Lagos…

Nigerian Fintechs Opay and Moniepoint Issue 17M Verve Cards, Ditch Visa and Mastercard

The Chinese-backed FinTech Opay has issued 13 million Verve cards, while Moniepoint…

FairMoney Ranked Among 2024 Fastest Growing Companies in Africa

Financial Times just ranked FairMoney, Nigeria's leading neobank, as one of Africa's…