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
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Funding
USDC-issuer Circle backs CV VC’s $20M African Blockchain Fund
Circle joins the Swiss-based venture capital firm to invest in early-stage African blockchain companies over a period of ten years from 2022.
Sep 24, 2025
Stablecoin
Mastercard expands partnership with Circle to enable stablecoin settlements in EEMEA
The two companies have already partnered on crypto card solutions with Bybit and S1LKPAY, which use USDC to settle transactions.
Sep 3, 2025
Ecosystem
Luno re-enters Kenyan market after decade-long hiatus
Kenyans can now trade BTC, ETH, USDT and USDC with the Kenyan shilling on the exchange
Jun 27, 2025
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 USDC issuer Circle bets on African builders
Plus: 🇰🇪 31% of Kenyan banks are warming up to crypto — CBK
Jun 18, 2025
Funding
Circle selects five African projects in latest USDC grants round
The cohort marks Africa’s strongest showing yet — and comes as ecosystem grants increasingly serve as early-stage capital for blockchain startups navigating a tougher post-FTX funding climate.
Jun 12, 2025
Stablecoin
Coinbase taps Yellow Card as on- and off-ramp partner for African expansion
Starting in February, Coinbase users in 20 African countries can buy USDC directly from the Coinbase Wallet App.
Jan 12, 2024
Mariblock Weekly
🟠 More drama for crypto exchange Patricia
Plus: 🌍 | Worldcoin starts paying its orb operators in WLD instead of USDC 🇧🇼 | Botswana’s president advocates blockchain for transparent diamond production
Oct 29, 2023
Digital identity
Worldcoin starts paying its orb operators in WLD instead of USDC
The company expects all of its operators to be paid exclusively in WLD in November.
Oct 25, 2023