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VALR showcasing Africa crypto leadership at Nairobi blockchain event

VALR Showcases Africa’s Crypto Leadership in Nairobi

VALR, one of Africa’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, used its platform at the Africa Tech Summit in Nairobi to highlight the continent’s rising influence in digital asset use and blockchain innovation....
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Brazil reintroduces bill to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for national treasury

Brazil Reintroduces Bill to Build Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

Brazil’s Congress has reintroduced a bill that would allow the federal government to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, with plans to accumulate up to 1 million bitcoins over five years...
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Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding reaching $380 billion valuation

Anthropic Raises $30 B in Series G, Hits $380B Valuation

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence firm behind the Claude suite of large language models, has secured $30 billion in a Series G funding round, pushing its post-money valuation to roughly $380...
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Onafriq and Conduit partnership bringing stablecoin payments infrastructure to Africa

Onafriq partners with Conduit to bring stablecoins into Africa

Stablecoins are digital tokens usually pegged to fiat currencies such as the U.S. dollar. They are increasingly used behind the scenes in fintech to settle payments more efficiently than legacy...
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Deel and MoonPay partnership enabling stablecoin payroll for global workforce payments

Deel partners with MoonPay for stablecoin payroll

Global payroll and HR platform Deel has entered into a strategic partnership with MoonPay, a crypto payments and stablecoin infrastructure provider, to enable stablecoin salary payouts for workers in multiple...
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Stripe enabling machine payments for AI using USDC on the Base blockchain

Stripe Unveils Machine Payments for AI Using USDC on Base

Stripe has unveiled a preview of its new machine payments capability, enabling developers to charge autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents directly using USDC on Coinbase’s Base network. This marks a...
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Paycrest connecting stablecoins and fiat payments across African markets

Paycrest: Connecting Stablecoins and Fiat in Africa’s Markets

When the mechanics of global money movement no longer match the pace of digital business, something has to give. For decades, cross‑border payments have been constrained by legacy banking rails...
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Kenya connects mobile money platforms to stock market investment access

Kenya Connects Mobile Money to Stock Market Access

Kenya’s capital market is entering a new phase of accessibility as mobile money infrastructure begins to merge directly with public equity trading. Recent developments around the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)...
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South Africa central bank warning on stablecoins and financial stability risks

South Africa’s Central Bank Warns Stablecoins Could “Break Apart”

The Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), Lesetja Kganyago, has issued a strong warning about stablecoins. Speaking at the 2026 Warwick Economics Summit, he said that the rising...
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Africa Stablecoin Summit 2026 discussing stablecoins and the future of digital finance in Africa

Africa Stablecoin Summit 2026 Set to Shape Digital Finance

The Nigeria Stablecoin Summit 2026 (NSS 2.0) is set to become one of the continent’s most important gatherings for blockchain, payments, and digital finance. Bringing together policymakers, regulators, financial institutions,...
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