2025-9-28 11:14 |
Stablecoins, remittances, and resilience are rewriting finance, making the continent the world’s proving ground for real adoption. origin »
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The Polygon workshop, an eight-week intense mentoring and Bootcamp in Africa, is now accepting applications. The Polygon Hackathon and Bootcamp are Polygon’s first on the continent, introducing developers and programmers to the Polygon ecosystem through the use of Polygon technology…
2022-9-29 12:05 | |
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The upcoming fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5) within the European Union (EU) has already spelled the end for smaller crypto firms on the continent. In the latest, however, a secret memo between the Dutch Central Bank and the Minister of Finance indicates that crypto companies in Holland may face additional rules that go beyond what […] The post Smoking Gun: Dutch central bank caught overreaching in local crypto businesses appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2019-12-19 12:00 | |
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France's Bruno Le Maire has reportedly warned that the country will block the development of Facebook's in-house cryptocurrency, Libra, in Europe — citing threats to the "monetary sovereignty" of the continent's governments.
2019-9-13 14:02 | |
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Many people would not expect Africa to be a good destination for finance. However, the continent has proven over and over again that it is well accommodating to the industry. One of the newest additions is the cryptocurrency market with several countries like South Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria.
2018-11-21 14:14 | |
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Tricia Martinez is a behavioral economist focused on emerging markets. After earning her masters in public policy and behavioral economics from the University of Chicago, Martinez took a one-way flight to Africa, where she founded Wala to address the needs of underserved people across the continent. Wala is a zero-fee finance app that seeks to […]
2018-8-26 19:00 | |
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\Chain Accelerator has launched in France. It is the first startup acceleratordedicated to the blockchain that can call Europe its home. Among the organization’s chief operators are Hyperloop Transportation Technologies chairman Bibop G.
2018-6-20 00:34 | |
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CNN is leaning into live prediction markets with Kalshi.
Russia’s crypto strategy may move from shadow use to state-regulated access as pressure from global sanctions mounts.
UPay, a global crypto payment card provider, has entered a strategic partnership with StraitsX, a Singapore-based stablecoin-native settlement layer, aiming to build foundational financial infrastructure that supports everyday stablecoin payments worldwide.
Stablecoins will be officially recognised as a payment method starting January 1, 2026, in Uzbekistan as part of a broader effort to modernise the country’s financial landscape. Sandbox to test stablecoins and tokenised assets The Uzbekistan government has established a regulatory sandbox under the supervision of the National Agency for Perspective Projects, working closely with […]
With the legal framework still undecided, banks and tech firms are quietly laying the foundation for South Korea’s stablecoin future.
Klarna, the Sweden-based digital bank and payments provider popular for its “buy now, pay later” product, is making a foray into the stablecoin market. The company announced on Tuesday, that it was launching its own stablecoin dubbed KlarnaUSD, a US dollar-pegged stablecoin it plans to tap into to bolster its traction across the cross-border payments […]
Paxos has taken its next step in multi-chain stablecoin infrastructure with a targeted launch across key networks. Paxos has named three fast-rising networks as the first venues for its new omnichain stablecoin, setting the stage for regulated liquidity across multiple…