The banking sector has been stirred up by the emergence and rapid ascent of cryptocurrencies. This disruptive innovation poses a challenge to the long-established financial world,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks to lift the post-no-debit restriction placed on the accounts of over 400 individuals and companies, including cryptocurrency...
Nigeria has emerged as a prominent player in the crypto market, with significant engagement and adoption by individuals. As the most populous African country, it has...
When Bitcoin and Ethereum emerged on the scene, they captured the attention of a select few. However, the subsequent rise in the popularity of cryptocurrencies has...
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is preparing to launch its inaugural peer-to-peer platform, which has been under development for some time. The project aims to...
In a move that has stunned the financial sector, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended Central Bank Governor Mr. Godwin Emefiele, CFR, from office with immediate...
Illuvium (ILV) has launched Overworlds Private Beta 2 on Immutable (IMX). The new game is live with new features, and gamers can access it via downloads...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has partnered with Convexity to speed up the adoption of eNaira. The apex bank wants to also carry out more sensitization...
Multichain Web3 ecosystem and blockchain wallet — Blocto has recently announced the completion of its Series A funding round, where it raised $80 million and skyrocketed...
Coinbase has announced that it will be listing a new digital asset called Euro Coin — a stablecoin pegged to the Euro and based on the...
In a report, the Nigeria Payments System Vision, 2025, by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the African nation seeks to explore an international Central Bank Digital...
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) had said that the country will be fully cashless by March, 2023. This implies that all monetary transactions in the...
To draw in more users, China’s wallet app for its digital yuan central bank digital currency (CBDC) added a function that allows users to transfer...
Reports from the National House of Representatives in Nigeria reveals that the nation will soon pass a bill that allows digital currencies, including cryptocurrencies, in the...
If central banks represent centralized systems that manage the financial status of nations and bitcoin is a decentralized system that anyone around the world can be...
Cryptocurrency regulation has been a debated topic in the space, and countries like the U.S. have been making moves to regulate crypto; however, some crypto players...
Real-life use cases are not to be left out when discussing sustainable blockchain applications. Saminu Salisu, Founder and CTO at Bilic.io, speaking about asset tokenization and...
Reports from Bloomberg suggest that the adoption of eNaira released by the Central Bank of Nigeria stands at less than 0.5%. Why is this so? Do...
Tinubu believes in the blockchain & cryptocurrency industry, and wants to transform it via policy to create jobs and more opportunities.
