Mariblock Weekly
🟠 M-Pesa meets blockchain
Plus: 🇬🇭 Ghana brings crypto into its regulatory perimeter with a new VASP law; 🇿🇦 South Africa’s central bank says CBDCs matter — just not right now
Dec 26, 2025
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🟠 Discovery Bank to offer in-app trading via Luno in SA
Plus: 🇬🇭 Ghana to deploy blockchain to track gold and curb illegal mining; 🇲🇦 Morocco publishes draft crypto rules.
Nov 28, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 A new South African stablecoin is now live on Luno
Plus: 🌍 Here’s why Flutterwave is enabling stablecoin payments via Polygon
Nov 20, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 Why Yellow Card shuttered its retail business
Plus: 🇿🇦 USD stablecoins can undermine African monetary sovereignty — SARB Governor
Nov 13, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 Flutterwave jumps on the stablecoin train
Plus: 🇳🇬 Nigerians prefer crypto investments and gambling to the capital market — SEC DG
Nov 5, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 Nigeria and South Africa exit FATF’s grey list
Plus: 🌍 Nigeria, South Africa and two other African countries exit FATF’s grey list 🇿🇦 Ripple to provide digital assets custody services for Absa’s users 🇰🇪 Kenya edges toward crypto regulation as parliament passes VASP bill
Oct 30, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 Circle backs CV VC’s $20M African Blockchain Fund
Plus: 🌍 USDC-issuer Circle backs CV VC’s $20M African Blockchain Fund 🇳🇬 Experts call Nigeria’s crypto tax regime “progressive”
Oct 3, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 New law: Crypto taxes and penalties arrive in Nigeria in 2026
Plus: 🌍 Coinbase-backed Onboard 3.0 attracts 10k users two months after launch; 🇳🇬 Kredete raises $22 million to fuel expansion efforts
Sep 24, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 Sub-Saharan Africa emerges as third-largest crypto market globally
Plus: Mariblock Roundtable; 🇿🇦 South Africa’s Altvest to raise $210 million for Bitcoin treasury reserve
Sep 15, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 What “OnChain” actually means — and why it matters for Africa
The OnChain Conference 2025 brings together Africa’s blockchain builders, regulators, and business leaders for two days of focused discussion on the operational realities of building onchain systems.
Sep 11, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 cNGN unlocks Nigeria’s short‑term debt with 21% returns
Plus: Mariblock’s OnChain Conference; 🇹🇿 Tether makes a move in Zanzibar; 🇰🇪 Luno re-enters Kenya
Jul 9, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 Announcing OnChain Conference by Mariblock
Our first OnChain Conference is happening this September — with Busha as founding partner.
Jun 24, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 USDC issuer Circle bets on African builders
Plus: 🇰🇪 31% of Kenyan banks are warming up to crypto — CBK
Jun 18, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 Uber eyes stablecoins for cheaper global payments
Plus: 🌍 Big on wallets, light on volume: Africa’s crypto paradox; 🌍 UK-based crypto exchange Blockchain.com to expand into Africa; 🇨🇫 CAR to tokenize 1,700 hectares of land using meme coin
Jun 11, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 PwC advises Kenyan crypto firms on tax lobby
Plus: 🌍 Stripe goes global with stablecoins but skips Africa’s big four 🇳🇬 Crypto is legal in Nigeria — until the bank disagrees
Jun 4, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 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
May 28, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 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
May 19, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 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
May 12, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 Kenyan crypto stakeholders unite to lobby against digital asset tax
Plus: 🇰🇪 Nairobi Securities Exchange to launch digital platform to trade tokenized real-world assets
May 6, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 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
Apr 29, 2025