Bitcoin’s journey to a $100,000 price milestone spanned over 5,200 trading days, hitting a market cap briefly exceeding $2 trillion, highlighting the network’s resilience and steady evolution, says a new…
The Nigeria Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 193 foreign nationals in a busted operation against a cybercrime and cryptocurrency fraud syndicate in the city of Lagos, Nigeria.…
JuicyWay, a Nigerian cross-border payments startup that assists businesses in obtaining foreign exchange for international transactions, has secured $3 million in pre-seed funding. We just raised a $3m pre-seed to…
Safaricom’s leading mobile money platform, M-PESA, gained over 500,000 new users between October and November 2024, bringing its total user base to 34 million in Kenya alone. This represents a…
The South Africa Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has approved 248 crypto asset service provider licences out of the 420 applications received, the regulatory body has said. So far, only…
Nigeria’s fintech ecosystem secured over $2 billion in investments in 2024, according to the 2024 Economic Report released by the Office of the Special Adviser to Nigeria’s President on Economic…
Nigerian fintech, Billboxx, has raised $1.6 million pre-seed funding round, the startup announced in a press release. The round saw participation from renowned investors including: Norrsken Accelerator Kaleo Ventures Founders…
The number of monthly active developers in the web3 ecosystem in 2024 was 23,613, says a new report by Electric Capital. According to the report, the number represents 39% growth…
Crypto industry giants, Circle Internet Group Inc. and Binance have joined forces in a new strategic partnership announced at Abu Dhabi Finance Week that will expand adoption of USDC and…
The story of Legitify, a cutting-edge project developed by a talented team of students from the University of Dar es Salaam, is inspirational. Recently, Legitify was recognized as one of…