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Nigeria: SEC Begins Regulation of Crypto-Currency Assets to Protect Investors
This Day, 15 September 2020
Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said it will begin regulating trade in crypto assets to protect investors and ensure market integrity and transparency. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Moves to Regulate Crypto Currencies, Other Digital Investments
Premium Times, 14 September 2020
Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday announced that it would begin to regulate digital currencies and crypto-based companies. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Among 5 Countries Leading in BTC Consumption Globally
CIO, 17 July 2020
Kenya has been declared one of the highest top 5 consumers of the Paxful bitcoin globally, by a Paxful analysis that rated Nigeria, USA, Ghana, and India as the leading market for… Read more »
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Africa: To Infinity and Beyond - the Rise of a Crypto Empire
Daily Maverick, 10 September 2020
The cryptocurrency industry is beginning to see the rise of crypto empires -- expanding ecosystems created by early movers and original crypto businesses that aim to dominate the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Firm Launches First Bitcoin ATM in Nigeria
Daily Trust, 13 July 2020
Following the increasing adoption of cryptocurrencies and blockchain Technology in Nigeria, a tech company, BlockStale, has launched the first-ever bitcoin Automated Teller Machine… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Awaits Its Economy to Shift to Blockchain Technology.
Zimbabwe Standard, 4 July 2020
Zimbabwe is an underdeveloped country that is suffering from the last few years due to the destructive condition of its economy. If we take a brief review of the last few years of… Read more »
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South Africa: Investors Heading to High Court After Cyptocurrency CEO Fails to Pay Back Millions
News24Wire, 10 June 2020
An urgent application will be filed in the High Court in Port Elizabeth this week against Willie Breedt, the defunct CEO and owner of the cryptocurrency scheme, VaultAge Solution… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zimbocash Lists On Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform
Zimbabwe Independent, 22 May 2020
The newly-launched blockchain token for Zimbocash, a project that is developing a national decentralised currency network in Zimbabwe, has been listed on major international… Read more »
Will Rest of Africa Follow Nigeria's Cryptocurrency Clampdown?
While Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission turns its attention to regulating digital currency and crypto-based companies, other African countries, including South Africa, are seeing citizens losing their investment on deals too good to be true. Bitcoin is the first blockchain-based cryptocurrency in the world and is largely considered the most widespread and successful.
