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- 18 Dec 2020
2020 Wrapped Up: Paxful Highlights Nigeria’s Thriving Crypto Market
This year has shaken many industries, but crypto has actually seen immense growth and investor interest since the outbreak of COVID-19. Ray Youssef, Paxful CEO and co-founder With Bitcoin hitting a…
- 18 Apr 2021
SEC, CBN in Talks on Crypto Market Regulation
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said it is in discussion with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on how to better understand and regulate the crypto currency market in the country. SEC…
- 30 Nov 2022
Bitget Launches Major Campaign with Messi to Reignite Confidence in the Crypto Market
Bitget, leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has announced a series of marketing campaigns with Lionel Messi, the Argentinian Football legend, with the launch of the brand film to celebrate the…
- 18 Mar 2026
Luno Launches First Crypto Prediction Market in Nigeria
Luno, an Africa-founded global exchange, has launched a structured Crypto Prediction Market, ushering in a new chapter for Nigeria's cryptocurrency market. This platform enables users to forecast…
- 26 Jan 2023
Bitget Sees Largest Market Share Growth after FTX Bankruptcy
Bitget, leading crypto derivatives exchange, has become one of the world's top 3 crypto exchanges in the derivatives sector paired with enormous achievements, such as a 2.6x market share increase and…
- 2 Feb 2021
Crypto Platform adds USDC, Bringing “Digital Dollar” Across more Markets
Globally-recognised crypto platform, Luno, has announced the expansion of their offering with the addition of arguably the most secure stablecoin on the market, USDC. USDC is a stablecoin tied to the…
- 23 Jan 2023
Bitget Becomes the First CEX to Launch Copy Trading in the Spot Market
Bitget, leading crypto derivatives exchange announces to be the first exchange to launch copy trading in the spot market. As the first exchange for offering copy trading for derivatives in 2020,…
- 29 May 2024
Senate Tasks SEC on Transparent Cryptocurrency Regulation
Senator Osita Izunaso, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Capital Market, has urged the Federal Government to regulate cryptocurrency in order to offer some level of accountability and investor…
- 3 Feb 2026
Corporate Comms in the Age of Crypto: Why Nigeria’s Digital Finance Future Depends on Trust
By John Kokome By the time you finish reading this article, the price of Bitcoin may have changed twice. That is the nature of cryptocurrency, fast, volatile, and borderless. Yet beyond price charts…
- 20 Mar 2026
Binance Earn: Simple Way to Earn Rewards on Idle Crypto Holdings
Binance Earn offers cryptocurrency users an accessible way to generate rewards on idle digital assets without active trading or constant market monitoring. Binance Earn As the crypto market matures,…
- 20 Aug 2024
Nigeria Makes U-Turn, Agrees to License Crypto Issuers
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will grant licenses to virtual assets service providers such as cryptos this month, in a calculated move to capitalize on the exploding crypto market in the…
- 2 Jul 2024
Crypto Hacks Reportedly Led to $176m in Losses in June
Over 20 cryptocurrency hacking attacks led to a loss of $176 million in the month of June 2024, according to an analytics firm. This year, the crypto market saw some signs of revival after the US SEC…
- 18 Jan 2026
Nigeria Processed $92.1Bn Crypto Transactions in 12 Months — PwC
Despite lingering regulatory uncertainty, Nigeria processed an estimated $92.1 billion in cryptocurrency transactions between July 2024 and June 2025, reaffirming its position as Sub-Saharan Africa’s…
- 14 Feb 2023
How Bitget’s BGB Became the Best Performing CEX Token in 2022
Although the last year has undoubtedly been a bear market, some cryptocurrency trading platforms made a great job of proving that the success of exchange tokens is closely tied to the success of the…
- 15 Oct 2021
Tala Raises $145M Series E Funding
Tala, emerging markets digital lender, has raised $145 million in Series E funding. Shivani Siroya, Founder, Tala The round was led by Upstart which was founded by Dave Girouard, Anna Counselman and…
- 13 Apr 2021
LUNO Achieves 300% YoY Growth with 7M Customers
Luno, leading global cryptocurrency platform, recently announced that it has reached the momentous milestone of 7 million customers worldwide, just seven weeks after passing 6 million customers. 2021…
- 3 Jul 2022
Bitget to Double Global Workforce Despite Crypto Winter
Bitget, Leading global digital-asset trading platform, is slated to double its workforce to reach 1,000 headcounts in the next six months despite the current market downturn. Since the beginning of…
- 18 Feb 2025
SEC to Tax Cryptocurrency Transactions in Nigeria with New Rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is planning to amend digital asset regulations to tax crypto transactions, a move it believes will bring in substantial revenue, according to a Feb. 18…
- 25 Feb 2024
Binance to Pay $4.3Bn for Violating US Anti-money Laundering Laws
The world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance Holdings Ltd (BHL) has been ordered to pay $4.3 billion for violations of anti-money laundering and sanctions laws in a settlement approved by a…
- 30 Jun 2024
Nigeria's Cryptocurrency Market Worth over $400m - SEC
Emomotimi Agama, director-general of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), has said that Nigeria’s cryptocurrency market is estimated to be worth over $400 million, with a significant portion…
- 30 Apr 2025
5 tips to start taking digital payments as a business in Africa
Not long ago, cash was dominant in Africa, but digital payments are now rapidly gaining traction. From Lagos to Kenya and the US, businesses are recognising that embracing digital methods is…
- 6 Aug 2020
Luno Partners Genesis to Help Customers Earn Interest on their Crypto holdings
Genesis, a leader in digital currency prime brokerage services, today announced a partnership with Luno, the global cryptocurrency platform, to provide customers with simple, accessible ways to earn…
- 10 Jun 2021
Luno Continues Rapid Growth, Hits 8M Milestone at a Rate of 1.2m New Customers
Luno, the leading global cryptocurrency company on a mission to upgrade the world to a better financial system, today announces it has hit 8mn customers (wallets), with 1mn added in just 12 weeks.…
- 28 Mar 2023
Why we Invested $30m in DeFi Wallet Bitkeep - Gracy Chen, Managing Director of Bitget
As a cryptocurrency exchange and digital asset trading platform, Bitget has begun to explore new vistas of opportunities as it hopes to collaborate with BitKeep in order to leverage the respective…
- 6 Sept 2017
Expert Tasks CBN on Cryto Currency Trade
Mr Peter Moradeyo, Chief Executive Officer of Xchangerate.oi, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to come up with a profound policy framework for the adoption and trading in Crypto currency in…
- 14 Jun 2022
Who is Buying Crypto in Africa
The average African crypto buyer is most likely to be male, spends about $20 USD on the first purchase and holds onto it for about nine months, according to data from Luno, the largest crypto…
- 14 Aug 2026
SEC Clears Blockchain for Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cleared additional Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) for admission into its Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme (ARIP). Among the newly…
- 16 Jul 2024
SEC to Introduce Weekly Cryptocurrency Transaction Monitoring
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced new measures to oversee the cryptocurrency sector to combat financial crime. This move addresses a growing market while posing challenges for…
- 18 Nov 2021
Stakeholders Seek Strong Law to Regulate Fintech
Stakeholders in the business and justice sector have advocated for a strong law to regulate new innovations in Fintech to safeguard citizens and growing investments in the sector. Speaking at the…
- 15 Sept 2022
Bitget Launches Zero Trading Fee Campaign Along with 1M BGB Prize Pool
Bitget, leading global crypto exchange has announced its Zero Trading Fee campaign for all spot trading pairs on the Bitget platform. The initiative aims to tackle recent unfavourable market…