Btrust awards 2026 event grants to eight Bitcoin events across Africa, boosting developer onboarding and open-source contribution.
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Seven years after warning citizens away from Bitcoin and digital assets, the Bank of Tanzania has announced it is finalising a full regulatory framework covering virtual assets, stablecoins, and Bitcoin — a landmark policy reversal that places Tanzania firmly inside East Africa’s growing regulatory wave.
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The Satoshi Sister Circle (SSC), a leading non-profit organization dedicated to advancing women in the global Bitcoin ecosystem, has officially
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Citrusrate, the Nigerian-built Bitcoin data and education platform, turns two this month and the team is marking the milestone with
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The Africa Bitcoin Conference 2026 is set to wrap up in style with ABC FEST, a vibrant community celebration combining Bitcoin
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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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