
Article by Steve Kaaru
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30 June, 2025
Kenya scraps 3% digital asset tax following industry uproar
Kenyan lawmakers first proposed halving the 3% tax, but concerted efforts from dozens of local VASPs have resulted in the...
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27 June, 2025
Yellow Card teams up with Visa for stablecoin payments
The two will launch stablecoin payment services in at least one African country and expand the service next year as...
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26 June, 2025
$2.5 quadrillion clearing giant DTCC explores stablecoin
DTCC, the Wall Street back-office that handles over $10T daily, is the latest to weigh stablecoins and says it’s monitoring...
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26 June, 2025
Digital ID revolution: Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, PNG make strides
The Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea has announced a draft policy with a clear vision for implementing its...
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20 June, 2025
Ethiopia, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe step up digitalization
Elsewhere, Africa’s second-smallest nation, São Tomé and Príncipe, is piloting a national digital ID system based on the World Bank-backed...
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18 June, 2025
Spain tracks digital asset holdings for taxes under proposed law
The proposed law will also enable coordination with the tax authorities in other EU states and allow Spanish authorities to...
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