🟠 Nigeria plans new blockchain policy. Again.
Plus: 🌍 Btrust grants $1M to ten Bitcoin-focused events and developer education programs; 🇰🇪 VACC hosts crypto training session for Kenyan lawmakers
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Sidebar: Why Africa needs its own stablecoins — Paycrest Co-founder
From Naira-backed cNGN to emerging tokens across Africa, Amadi explains how these assets, if regulated and widely accepted, could enable fast, legal, and dollar-free transactions across borders.
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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
🟠 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