Kraken on Monday launched perpetual futures trading for eligible US users through Bitnomial, expanding its domestic derivatives offerings months after acquiring the federally regulated exchange.The products are available through Kraken Pro and include contracts tied to major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin…

Chipmaker Nvidia has reportedly become the latest company to tap the AI debt boom with a planned $20 billion bond offering, underscoring the relentless demand for AI infrastructure and data centers that has also created new opportunities for Bitcoin miners…

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hired a new chief data innovation officer with deep experience in blockchain forensics in what could be seen as the regulator’s move toward greater focus on the technology.In a Monday notice, CFTC…

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 15.93 per cent in May 2026, extending the upward trend recorded since the beginning of the year, according to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The figure shows an…

BitMine Immersion Technologies continued to expand its Ether holdings last week, acquiring more of the second-biggest digital asset despite a prolonged market downturn as its large staking operation continues to generate yield.On Monday, the crypto treasury company reported that it…

Nigeria’s daily natural gas production rose to 7.93 billion standard cubic feet per day in May 2026, driven by increased domestic demand and the growing contribution of non-associated gas production, fresh industry data has shown. The data revealed that gas…

Non-fungible token (NFT) project Pudgy Penguins is winding down its mobile game Pudgy Party and halting further development.In an X post, the team said on Saturday that it would shift its gaming resources toward Pudgy World, a browser-based experience which…

Civic tech organisation BudgIT has raised concerns about the Nigerian Government’s 2026 budget, calling it “ambitious, but unrealistic” and unviable. The organisation noted in a statement on Monday that, with revenue projected at N36.9 trillion and expenditure at N68.3 trillion,…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks, fintech firms, and other payment service providers to store payment transaction data generated within the country on local servers from January 1, 2027, as part of new measures to strengthen oversight of…

Bitcoin (BTC) chart technicals suggest that the BTC price rebound to $100,000 may still happen by September. BTC/USD daily chart. Source: TradingViewKey takeaways: Bitcoin is painting a potential double-bottom and bullish divergence pattern.BTC price must break above a resistance confluence…

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday launched the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate, a new transaction-based benchmark interest rate designed to strengthen transparency, improve monetary policy transmission and deepen the country’s financial markets. Speaking at the launch of the benchmark…

Bitcoin (BTC) neared $67,000 at Monday’s Wall Street open as the US-Iran peace deal kept risk assets surging.Key points:Bitcoin adds to gains as US-Iran peace cues trigger broader risk-asset upside.Traders do not see downside pressure as over yet, with liquidity…

Standard Chartered expects assets locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) to grow 37-fold to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030.The expansion would be driven by both tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and crypto-native assets moving through onchain protocols, Geoff Kendrick, head…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, added to its cryptocurrency reserves last week as BTC continued to trade below the company’s average cost basis of about $75,700.Strategy acquired 1,587 Bitcoin (BTC) for $100 million between June 8…

Bitbank, one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, warned users that transactions linked to prediction market platforms such as Polymarket could result in account suspensions due to potential conflicts with the country’s gambling laws.In a notice published on Monday, Bitbank said…