Nigeria’s CBN now requires every Bitcoin P2P platform to hold a licence and at least 1 billion naira in capital. Existing operators have 180 days to comply or shut down.
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In Mitaboni, Kenya, Kelvin Makini and his initiative EcoBitz are connecting glass recycling, community sanitation and Lightning payments to build a circular economy that rewards environmental work with sats. By onboarding local merchants and establishing a physical hub for Bitcoin education, EcoBitz is showing how adoption can start with something as familiar as a discarded bottle.
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Trezor has warned customers who purchased hardware wallets from reseller CryptoBilis since March 2026 to move their funds immediately after a customer in Indonesia reported finding a suspected cellular implant inside a Trezor Safe 5. The implant reportedly sits between the main board and the screen and can transmit the recovery phrase over a mobile network.
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Bitcoin Core has changed its vulnerability disclosure policy to fast-track fixes and public disclosures for bugs that AI tools can independently rediscover, ending the long embargoes those vulnerabilities once received. Chaincode Labs developer Antoine Poinsot merged the change on October 22 after months of AI-driven vulnerability reports across Bitcoin’s open-source projects.
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Jack Dorsey’s Block has launched “Bitcoin Does,” its first national advertising campaign for Bitcoin, targeting 60 million Americans who are curious about Bitcoin but have never used it. The campaign focuses entirely on what people can do with Bitcoin rather than what it is worth.
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Electrum has patched a high-severity flaw that allowed malicious servers to replace legitimate Bitcoin transactions with fraudulent ones, tricking users into sending funds to attackers when they tried to speed up a slow payment. Version 4.8.3 was released on October 24 after developers confirmed at least one theft.
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Bitcoin adoption is often measured through price, ownership, or exchange activity. Josef Tětek, the educator behind Trezor Academy, sees a different measure: whether people are actually using Bitcoin to solve problems. From local educators and community-led courses to circular economies and everyday payments, Trezor Academy is helping build Bitcoin adoption across Africa from the ground up.
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Rurbit users in Burundi can now send Bitcoin over Lightning to an IBBM+ account and cash out at IBBM+ agents across the country, all by USSD on any phone without internet. The integration adds a practical off-ramp to one of Africa’s most constrained financial environments.
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Ten Lines of Code, One Significant First On August 31, 2026, Mujina maintainer Ryan Kuester merged a pull request from
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Bitcoin adoption is often measured through price, ownership, or exchange activity. Josef Tětek, the educator behind Trezor Academy, sees a different measure: whether people are actually using Bitcoin to solve problems. From local educators and community-led courses to circular economies and everyday payments, Trezor Academy is helping build Bitcoin adoption across Africa from the ground up.
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