
Article by Steve Kaaru
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28 February, 2024
South Africa to explore stablecoins for digital payments
In its new budget proposal, South Africa pledged to explore stablecoins, blockchain, and the tokenization of real-world assets over the...
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27 February, 2024
Thai SEC wants to revoke Zipmex license
The Thai securities regulator wrote to the finance minister proposing that he revoke the Zipmex license over its failure to...
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27 February, 2024
Binance banned in Nigeria over ‘sophisticated heist’ against the economy: report
The Nigerian ‘crypto’ market is in uproar after government officials banned exchanges like Coinbase and Binance over their alleged “sophisticated...
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27 February, 2024
Argentina rushes to regulate digital assets as FATF evaluation looms
Reports say that President Milei will issue an emergency decree to bring all ‘crypto’ activity under regulatory oversight before FATF’s...
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26 February, 2024
Kenya forms ‘crypto’ working group after addition to the FATF grey list
Kenya joins neighbors Tanzania and Sudan and regional heavyweights South Africa and Nigeria on the grey list, with digital assets...
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26 February, 2024
EU’s new AML watchdog to be based in Frankfurt
Frankfurt beat bids from Madrid, Paris, Rome, and five other cities to host AMLA, a new 400-member agency whose anti-money...
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