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…

Bitcoin (BTC) starts the third week of June with a spring in its step as the US-Iran peace deal sends risk assets higher.Key points:Bitcoin price action targets $66,000 as US stock futures soar and oil approaches its lowest levels since…

Global crude oil prices recorded a steep decline on Monday following a peace agreement between the United States and Iran, bringing an end to more than two months of hostilities that disrupted global energy markets and fuelled inflationary pressures across…

Oil prices tumbled, and stocks soared on Monday after the United States and Iran said they had reached a deal to end their war that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, sending a wave of relief through global markets. The…

Aztec Connect, a deprecated decentralized finance platform, was drained of around $2.1 million in crypto on Sunday after an attacker exploited its verification function.Aztec Labs posted to X on Sunday that it was “investigating a potential exploit affecting Aztec Connect,”…

Ibom Air has kicked off domestic flight operations at the newly inaugurated international terminal at Victor Attah International Airport in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The airline announced in a statement that the start of local flight operations took effect on…

TranESS has introduced a new energy storage solution aimed at commercial and industrial solar power users as part of efforts to expand battery storage options in Nigeria’s growing renewable energy market. As businesses and households embrace solar power and self-generation…