
Africa
Worldcoin: US gov’t blocks CEO Alex Blania’s arrest in Nairobi
A Kenyan minister revealed that authorities detained Alex Blania while at the airport after appearing before parliament, but the U.S....
South Africa’s Mirror Trading BTC scam to pay $1.7B in CFTC case
Mirror Trading allegedly scammed 30,000 BTC from over 23,000 American investors, which it misappropriated, and CFTC imposed restitution of over...
Zimbabwe mulls retail gold-backed digital tokens following initial successes
As other African countries explore CBDCs, Zimbabwe plans to follow the trend of using retail gold-backed digital tokens in an...
Nigeria revising CBDC model to boost eNaira adoption
The central bank didn’t reveal details on how it would amend Africa’s first CBDC but says the goal is to...
Kenya is losing millions of dollars to digital currency fraudsters: report
While the government focuses on taxing digital asset traders, investors lose millions of dollars to digital currency Ponzi schemes executed...
Namibia unveils new legal framework for digital asset providers
Namibia has enacted the Namibia Virtual Assets Act 2023 to regulate virtual asset service providers (VASPs), indicating a shift from...