Nigeria’s leading mobile money operator, OPay, has debunked a report claiming it will take a long, indefinite break starting 1 September, noting that its operations will continue. The financial technology company disclosed this in a Sunday disclaimer, urging its customers…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy acquired 4,603 Bitcoin for $370 million, marking the first acquisition from the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in two months.Strategy acquired 4,603 Bitcoin (BTC) at an average purchase price of $80,318, pushing its holdings to 845,050 BTC, acquired…

PZ Cussons Nigeria is ending a three-year lull in dividend payment to distribute N9.9 billion to shareholders as its retained earnings swung back to positive for the first time since taking a hit in 2023. In a corporate disclosure on…

Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid and memecoin launchpad Pump.fun reportedly accounted for nearly 90% of the record $638 million in token buybacks carried out by cryptocurrency projects so far in 2026.Crypto projects spent a record $638 million to repurchase their own cryptocurrencies…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) vault infrastructure protocol More Markets had a lending reserve drained of about $9.3 million in digital assets on Flow EVM, according to Web3 security platform Blockaid.The attacker drained about 15.5 million Wrapped Flow (WFLOW) tokens, valued by…

After two successive weeks of loss, Nigerian stocks found resilience last week amid stronger buy pressure, helping market capitalisation appreciate by 0.8 per cent. The oil & gas index propelled the fairly good performance, thanks to substantial gains by Seplat…

Bitcoin embraces post quantum futureDespite considerable skepticism among Bitcoiners about how close the quantum threat to Bitcoin actually is, two stories this week highlighted the progress being made toward upgrading the blockchain and protecting outputs from attack.StarkWare researcher Avihu Levy…

Strategy’s Michael Saylor said “We’re Back” in his latest signal on X (formerly Twitter) of the company’s likely return to Bitcoin buying.For market watchers, the post could be a strong psychological signal as Saylor has a track record of dropping…

Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has dismissed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s proposal to reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president in 2027, saying the country’s borders are currently open. Mr Tunji-Ojo, in a Facebook post on Saturday, said it…

Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to expand its crypto-backed lending to accept Tether’s USDt stablecoin and Ether as collateral alongside Bitcoin, according to a senior executive.Sber will adapt its existing products and gradually expand its offerings as Russia’s new crypto…

Real Trump Coins has denied launching, promoting or authorizing the Trump Digital GOLD token that briefly appeared across its online presence before collapsing, blaming the promotion on “third-party bad actors.”The denial came after the Real Trump Coins X account promoted…

Polygon has disclosed several previously private security vulnerabilities that could have disrupted its proof-of-stake network, after deploying fixes through two recent hard forks.The vulnerabilities affected Polygon’s Bor and Heimdall clients and included denial-of-service risks, validator resource exhaustion and flaws affecting…

OpenAI has notified SpaceX of its intention to terminate its contract to provide OpenAI models to Cursor, citing concerns over compliance with its terms of service. The AI company said in a statement on Friday that it intends to wind…

The value of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) on Stellar has climbed roughly 360% in 2026 to nearly $4 billion, up from $868.8 million at the end of last year, according to a Dune Analytics dashboard maintained by Stellar.The network’s RWA…

Tokenized stock activity surged over the past 30 days, with monthly transfer volume climbing more than 415% to $29.5 billion, according to data from RWA.xyz.Monthly active addresses rose more than 209% to around 1.3 million, while the number of tokenized…