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Nasdaq Seeks SEC Approval to Trade Tokenized Stocks with Equal Priority

Nasdaq, a top U.S. exchange for major technology firms, has formally asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to amend its rules to allow tokenized stocks and ETFs to trade...
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El Salvador Buys 21 BTC for “Bitcoin Day,” Reserve Now Hits 6,313 BTC

It’s no longer secret that President Nayib Bukele has been a passionate advocate for Bitcoin since El Salvador became the first country to adopt it as legal tender in September...
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Visa Launches “Visa Pay” in DRC to Push Digital Payments Forward

Visa has launched Visa Pay in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), unveiling a mobile-first payments solution designed to serve both banked and unbanked populations. The rollout was announced...
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Ripple Expands RLUSD Stablecoin to Africa

Ripple has announced that it is expanding the reach of its U.S. dollar–backed stablecoin, RLUSD, across Africa. This expansion is set to happen by partnering with three key regional platforms:...
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Meta Threatens to Exit Nigeria, FCCPC Silent Over $220M Fine Battle

Meta continues operating in Nigeria despite a $220 million fine imposed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for serious data privacy and consumer rights violations, raising questions...
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Wintermute Urges SEC to Clarify BTC and ETH as Non-Securities

Wintermute, a major crypto market-maker, has formally urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to explicitly clarify that network tokens, like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), should not be...
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Quidax: The homegrown exchange that scales with trust

Introduction For many Africans, the promise of cryptocurrency has always been tied to practical needs: a way to hedge against inflation, send remittances, or access global finance without relying on...
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Egyptian Fintech Munify Raises $3 Million Seed Round Led by Y Combinator

Munify, a Cairo-based fintech startup offering cross-border banking services to Egyptians living abroad, has secured $3 million in seed funding in a round led by Y Combinator, with participation from...
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ETFs: What are they, and why are they important in crypto

The finance world loves a good acronym, and few have shaped modern investing like ETFs, or exchange-traded funds, which you can buy in a brokerage account just like a stock....
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Luno: Powering safe crypto adoption across Africa

The Nigerian crypto story is both explosive and fragile. On the one hand, the country ranks among the world’s top adopters of digital assets in 2025, with millions relying on...
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