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July 22, 2026 EM 0 Views Bank of Tanzania, Bitcoin, East Africa, Financial Inclusion, regulation, Tanzania, Virtual Assets 2 min read

Tanzania Reverses Seven Years of Warnings as Central Bank Moves to Formally Regulate Bitcoin and Digital Assets

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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June 17, 2026 EM 0 Views Cross-Border, Diaspora, Kenya, Lightning Network, Nigeria, Payments, Remittance, Tanzania, West Africa 2 min read

Africa’s Cross-Border Remittance Problem Has Two Wounds — And Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is the Stitch

African families already lose close to nine billion dollars a year in remittance fees, from the diaspora and from within the continent itself. A new US federal tax just added to that burden. The case for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network as the alternative rail has never been clearer.