Nigeria and South Africa have emerged as Africa’s frontrunners in stablecoin adoption, with nearly 80 per cent of cryptocurrency users in both countries already holding dollar-pegged digital assets, a new ...
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded over $205 billion in crypto transactions in 2025, with Nigeria, South Africa, and Ethiopia leading the continent’s growing digital asset adoption. ...
Bitcoin has fallen to a nine-month low near $81,000, wiping 35% off its peak and triggering $1.68 billion in liquidations amid geopolitical tension and US policy uncertainty. ...
Coinbase is rolling out infrastructure that allows companies to issue branded dollar-pegged stablecoins, a move that could reshape payments, deposits, and banking access across Africa. ...
Norway’s government is set to implement a temporary ban on new cryptocurrency mining operations that rely on high power-consuming technologies, with the goal of conserving electricity for more economically impactful ...
Nigeria has been ranked the world’s leading country for stablecoin adoption and second in overall digital asset usage, according to the 2025 Report on the State of Digital Assets Regulation ...
A major Iranian cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, suffered a devastating cyberattack on Wednesday, resulting in the destruction of nearly $90 million in digital assets, according to reports from blockchain analytics firms ...
In a landmark development for the cryptocurrency market, the total market capitalisation of stablecoins surged to a record high of $251.7 billion this week, according to data from CoinDesk. ...
Coinbase, the leading U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, is actively seeking approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin offering tokenised equities, according to Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal. ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria has announced the launch of a new initiative titled ‘Crypto Smart, Nigeria Strong,’ designed to guide the country’s digital asset evolution through ...