African businesses are going global. The financial infrastructure helping them get there has not kept up, until now. Daya, a stablecoin-native payments …
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Adoption
Paga Group Partners With Crossmint To Power African Mobile Money With Stablecoin Access
by shayaanby shayaanIn a groundbreaking move to unlock cross-border remittances, digital asset savings, and B2B infrastructure, Paga Group Limited, a Nigerian-based mobile money company, …
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Regulation
Trader Loses 1,680 BTC Fight as South African Court Classifies Bitcoin as Capital
by shayaanby shayaanA South African High Court ruled that bitcoin can be legally treated as “capital” and a “negotiable instrument” (a form of money) …
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Mining
South African Eskom Considering Discount Power for Bitcoin Miners as Solar Creates Surplus
by shayaanby shayaanSouth African Eskom Considering Discount Power for Bitcoin Miners as Solar Creates Surplus Eskom, a South African electricity public utility, is exploring …
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Mining
South African Power Utility’s Surreal Pivot to High-Intensity Power Sales
by shayaanby shayaanEskom, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, is reversing its previous stance by targeting high-intensity energy consumers, specifically bitcoin mining companies. Nyati announced …
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Mining
From Blackouts to Bitcoin: South African Power Utility’s Surreal Pivot to High-Intensity Power Sales
by shayaanby shayaanEskom, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, is reversing its previous stance by targeting high-intensity energy consumers, specifically bitcoin mining companies. Nyati announced …
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Economist Dawie Roodt has issued a warning that central bank digital currencies could become tools for authoritarian control due to their “programmable” …
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Regulation
EACC head promotes AI, blockchain tech to African anti-corruption commissions
by shayaanby shayaanThe Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has urged African anti-corruption and oversight institutions to strengthen the use of digital technologies, including AI, …
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Scams
President of Central African Republic Posts Meme Coin—It Surged to $900M Before Crashing
by shayaanby shayaanThe Central African Republic president appears to have launched a national meme coin, three years after making Bitcoin legal in 2022. Despite …
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Markets
Memecoin Madness Returns as Barstool Sports, BNB Chain, and an Entire African Country Dabble With Meme Tokens
by shayaanby shayaanBitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets are still recovering from last week’s bloodbath, but it appears that the memecoin fever is alive and …