Nigerian fintech Busha has launched Bitcoin-backed loans, letting users borrow up to 50% of their Bitcoin holdings in Naira at 2% monthly interest without selling their position. It is the first locally built Bitcoin collateral lending product for Nigerian retail users.
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Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission has admitted nine companies into its Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme in 48 hours, the largest expansion of its digital asset sandbox since the programme launched, as the country moves to bring its $92 billion annual market under formal oversight.
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Lightning Labs has released Taproot Assets v0.8 alongside the first public release of the Taproot Assets SDK, a client library designed to make building stablecoin applications on Bitcoin significantly easier. USDT is now live on Lightning via Taproot Assets.
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The first-ever African Bitcoin++ conference is currently underway in Nairobi. Specifically, the technical event takes place at the PrideInn Azure
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The dominant global story about Bitcoin in Africa positions the continent as a recipient of Bitcoin’s benefits rather than a builder of its future. That framing is wrong, and it costs Africa more than people realise.
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La Togo Bitcoin Community enchaîne sur le terrain. Après une première édition orientée fondamentaux techniques, la communauté annonce Bitcoin Dev #2, un rendez-vous pour développeurs, étudiants et passionnés de
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From 40 million Kenyans gaining Bitcoin Lightning addresses overnight to 265 developers graduating across 24 countries, May 2026 quietly stacked up as one of the most active months in Africa’s Bitcoin history. June is already moving faster.
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In a landmark display of grassroots Bitcoin innovation, 30 developers and builders in Burundi have successfully completed a two-day Bitcoin
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Tapnob, the fast-growing African payment platform for Bitcoin, stablecoins, and fiat, has just unveiled Tapnob Address. A simple Lightning address that
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Bitdesigners Africa is expanding its specialized Bitcoin design initiative into East Africa. Specifically, the organization will host a dedicated meetup
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