🟠 50th Mariblock Weekly 🎉
Plus: 🌍 One big thing: 90% of institutional players involved with stablecoins; 🌍 Mastercard to enable stablecoin card transactions with Moonpay partnership;📱 MiniPay now available as a standalone app on iOS devices
Ogechi Nelson
🟠 Stablecoins surpass Visa in global payment volume
Plus: 🇳🇬 Nigerian fintechs embrace blockchain for POS payments
🇳🇬 Zap Africa is rebuilding crypto trust in Nigeria — while fighting to protect its name
🟠 Kenyan crypto stakeholders unite to lobby against digital asset tax
Plus: 🇰🇪 Nairobi Securities Exchange to launch digital platform to trade tokenized real-world assets
🟠 Circle teams up with Flutterwave, Yellow Card to power stablecoin payments
Plus: 🇬🇭 Bank of Ghana plans crypto regulations by September; 🇿🇦 Binance tightens rules for South African users
🟠 Nigeria delays more crypto licenses — here’s why
Plus: 🇳🇬 Nigerian blockchain startups raised $20M in 2024, claims 3% of global developers — Report; 🇳🇬🇰🇪 CBEX collapse leaves trail of victims across Nigeria and Kenya; 🌍 “Africa is the region that needs stablecoins the most,” Blockradar co-founder
Sidebar: “Africa is the region that needs stablecoins the most,” Blockradar co-founder
Blockradar’s COO, Morgan Williams, explains how stablecoins are reshaping payments, remittances, and financial access across Africa.
🟠 Inside SA’s crypto crime crackdown
Plus: 🇰🇪 Kenya finally tables a crypto bill, 🇿🇦 Nedbank preps smart contracts, and 📈 Alex Witt talks Minipay’s $40M fund.