The UNICEF Venture Fund has announced a new call for equity-free funding specifically targeting startups building blockchain-based solutions with measurable impact on society. This is not a casual announcement ,...Read More
National Bank of Ethiopia has instructed the public to stop using the Ethiopian Birr for peer-to-peer crypto trades, stating that such transactions are not allowed under the country’s current financial...Read More
Zap Africa, a Nigerian cryptocurrency startup, cut 44 per cent of its workforce as it moves to restructure its operations. The layoffs affected staff across design, operations, marketing, and customer...Read More
South Africa’s South African Revenue Service (SARS) has published new guidelines requiring crypto exchanges and service providers to report digital asset transactions for tax and compliance purposes. The rules, now...Read More
Perplexity AI has launched a new tool called Perplexity Computer, an AI agent built to carry out everyday tasks on a user’s computer. The product is designed to move beyond...Read More
Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin and operator of the Circle Payments Network, is in discussions with the Kenyan government as the country works to implement its Virtual Asset...Read More
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared fresh technical details about a long‑term plan to make the Ethereum network faster, more responsive, and resistant to future cryptographic threats. This update, emerging...Read More
Crypto payments firm MoonPay has rolled out a new product called MoonPay Agents, creating a non-custodial financial infrastructure that allows artificial intelligence systems to manage crypto wallets and execute blockchain...Read More
Organisers of the Digital Assets Summit Africa (DASA) 2026 have confirmed details for this year’s flagship digital finance event, set to bring together industry giants, institutional investors, regulators and blockchain...Read More
Nigeria’s regulated crypto exchange Quidax has partnered with Swiss blockchain platform Lisk to expand stablecoin access and digital finance infrastructure across African markets. The announcement, made on 24 February 2026,...Read More
