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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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Persistent inflation and limited access to hard currencies are the unlikely accelerants behind the boom. For many, crypto is not an investment choice but a necessary tool for preserving savings and accessing global markets. According to the latest Chainalysis data,…
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Salus will tokenize critical mineral exports from Rwanda to the United States on the IOTA network Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to clarify that the $2.5 trillion financing gap refers to global trade overall, not specifically to critical…
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Ripple is expanding its enterprise-grade RLUSD stablecoin into Africa via Chipper Cash, VALR, and Yellow Card.
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Ghana is planning to license crypto platforms in an attempt to capture revenue from the growing web3 and provide regulatory clarity for digital assets. How much impact will it make? In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Governor of the Bank…
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As FX pressure grips African economies, Visa is building new pipes for digital dollar flow, shifting away from traditional rails with stablecoin infrastructure aimed at speed, resilience, and access. Bloomberg recently reported that credit card giant Visa has partnered with…
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South Africa-based Vera is launching a blockchain-based verifiable communications for businesses.
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Tether has invested in pan-African blockchain solutions platform Shiga Digital, marking another step in its strategy to expand across the African continent. Fresh from another strategic investment in Chile-based crypto platform Orionx, with eyes on Latin America, Tether has announced…
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Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra announced that in June, over 1,700 hectares of land in the region will be tokenized through the Solana-based meme coin CAR. The meme coin has long sparked suspicion among traders. On May 30, Touadéra…
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Blockchain.com appears to be betting on Africa’s crypto future, where regulations could transform a once-restrictive market. Crypto wallet and exchange platform Blockchain.com is reportedly looking to grow in Africa as some countries begin introducing regulations for digital assets, Bloomberg reports.…
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Zimbabwe is reviving gold coins to support its embattled currency, as earlier efforts with gold-backed digital tokens failed to curb economic instability. Zimbabwe is yet again turning to gold to defend its embattled currency, as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe,…
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