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Absa has become Africa’s first bank to offer Bitcoin custody, with BTC making up the largest share of assets held through its institutional service. Bloomberg reported on Oct. 2 that the Johannesburg-based lender is providing digital asset custody to institutional…
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African businesses have increasingly turned to stablecoins over the past five years to address cross-border payment delays, dollar access, and settlement costs, according to Kora CEO Dickson Nsofor. Dickson Nsofor, CEO of pan-African payment infrastructure platform Kora, told crypto.news that…
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Ghana’s crypto market handles about $21B a year, ranking fifth in sub-Saharan Africa as stablecoin use grows and new rules take shape.
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Tether and Shiga have announced plans to bring self-custodial wallets for USD₮, Bitcoin, and Tether Gold to individuals and institutions across Africa and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Tether said in its Sep. 28 announcement that both products will use its…
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Ripple technology now powers Absa Digital Asset Custody, giving institutional clients in South Africa bank-grade digital asset safeguards.
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Africa Finance Corporation has raised 350 million Swiss francs or about $431 million, through its first digital bond, becoming the first African institution to issue such debt through a regulated exchange and central securities depository. AFC digital bond raises $431…
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Nigeria’s crypto tax rules require exchanges and P2P platforms to withhold levies, report users and remit some payments in tokens.
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Ripple has acquired an equity stake in African fintech company Flutterwave in a deal that has valued the payments firm at $3.3 billion, adding another regional payments network to Ripple’s growing global infrastructure strategy. According to Bloomberg, Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga…
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Nexus Core Systems has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Moroccan authorities to develop a $1.28 billion artificial intelligence facility. The agreement was formalized during GITEX Africa 2026, held from April 7 to 9 in Marrakech. It brings together…
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Blockchain.com is expanding its presence in Africa with a launch in Ghana, as the crypto brokerage looks to build digital asset infrastructure across some of the region’s fastest-growing markets. The company announced the expansion on March 9, saying the move…
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Ghana's new law bodes well for crypto enthusiasts and ends years of legal ambiguity surrounding digital assets in the West African nation.
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Tether is focusing its half-billion-user influence on a critical pain point, with the Kotani Pay deal designed to empower African SMEs by slashing the cost and time of international money transfers. According to a press release dated Oct. 21, Tether…
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Global Settlement Network and Uganda’s Diacente Group are launching a $5.5 billion tokenized economy, combining real-world infrastructure and a national CBDC to drive economic growth. According to a press release shared with crypto.news, Global Settlement Network (GSN), a leading blockchain…
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Uganda’s Diacente Group partnered with Global Settlement Network to bring $5.5 billion in real-world assets on the blockchain. Uganda is being positioned as the launchpad for what could become Africa’s largest tokenized economy. On Wednesday, October 9, Uganda’s Diacente Group…
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Stablecoins, remittances, and resilience are rewriting finance, making the continent the world’s proving ground for real adoption.
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Tokenization offers Africa a different path: not an improvement of the banking system, but a replacement for banks entirely.
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