admin

admin

Chainup

ChainUp Launches Africa Tokenization Webinar Series: Could This Be a Blueprint for $50B Market Opportunity?

Blockchain infrastructure giant ChainUp has announced a comprehensive webinar series targeting African businesses, investors, and regulators on tokenization strategies—a move that comes as Africa’s tokenized asset market is projected to reach $50 billion by 2030. The “Tokenize Africa 2025” initiative, running from September to November, aims to equip participants with practical frameworks for converting real-world assets…

Read More
Bitget tokenized

Bitget Launches Tokenized Stocks & RWAs in Kenya: Does this Introduce New Risks?

Nairobi, Kenya – Global crypto exchange Bitget has rolled out tokenized stock trading and real-world asset (RWA) investments for Kenyan users, marking one of Africa’s most significant expansions of blockchain-based traditional investment access. The move allows local traders to buy fractional shares of Apple, Tesla, and Amazon—along with tokenized gold, real estate, and government bonds—with as…

Read More
Honeycoin team

Honeycoin Raises $4.9M In Funding With Aim of Transforming Africa’s Stablecoin Payments.

Lagos, Nigeria – Kenya based fintech innovator Honeycoin has closed a $4.5 million Series B funding round to scale its stablecoin payment infrastructure across the continent, in a deal that signals growing institutional confidence in crypto-powered remittances and trade finance. The round—led by Pantera Capital with participation from Standard Bank and Flutterwave—values the based startup at…

Read More
Stable coins

IMF Sounds Alarm on Stablecoin Volatility: New Data Reveals $14.8B “Hot Money” Crisis in Emerging Markets

IMF Sounds Alarm on Stablecoin Volatility: New Data Reveals $14.8B “Hot Money” Crisis in Emerging Markets Washington, D.C. – An IMF working paper has exposed an underbelly of stablecoin adoption, revealing how $14.8 billion in volatile digital dollar flows are destabilizing emerging markets—with African economies bearing the brunt of the turbulence. The July 2025 study, based…

Read More
Digital payment

South African Banks Accelerate Cashless Transition with Strategic ATM Network Reductions

Johannesburg, South Africa – South Africa’s leading financial institutions have initiated a large-scale rationalization of their ATM networks as digital payment adoption reaches record levels, according to operational plans filed with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). The coordinated three-year reduction strategy will see 4,200 ATMs (38% of the national fleet) decommissioned by 2027, fundamentally reshaping…

Read More