Dubai, UAE | May 2026 – The agent economy is reshaping financial markets. Open-source agent frameworks are accelerating autonomous financial activity, with AI agents increasingly executing trades, managing portfolios, and interacting directly with exchanges. Yet the financial infrastructure supporting this…

Nigeria’s economy expanded by 3.89 per cent in real terms in the first quarter of 2026, reflecting stronger economic activity compared to the same period last year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday.…

XRP (XRP) traded within a key “value zone” where whales recently accumulated $170 million, signaling a tightening liquidity supply.Key takeaways:XRP whales withdrew 122 million XRP, worth $170.8 million, from Binance, while price is near the key $1.35-$1.40 support.Exchange outflows and…

However, this model cuts both ways. On one hand, it lets companies raise capital on a wave of market optimism. On the other, it forces them to absorb the volatility of the underlying asset when prices fall.For a public company,…

Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen 6.5% from its recent high above $82,000, as a bearish technical structure, weakening demand, and increasing sell pressure now point to the risk of further losses ahead.Key takeaways:BTC price risks a drop toward $72,000 as bearish…

Bitcoin (BTC) starts the final week of May with traders optimistic about an $80,000 rebound — will it end up as a liquidity grab?Bitcoin recovers from its trip to monthly lows as shorts above $80,000 could get squeezed next.Excitement is…

The National Information Technology Development Agency has denied any affiliation with an online earning and marketing platform known as CPM. This rebuttal follows reports that the platform was demanding money from users to repair its allegedly hacked systems. The agency…

An active supply chain attack is targeting crypto and artificial intelligence developers in a bid to steal crypto, data or credentials, says the developer platform Socket.Socket said in a report on Sunday that it discovered the malware campaign, which it…

Chun Wang, the Chinese-born Maltese entrepreneur who founded the Bitcoin mining pool F2Pool, has joined SpaceX’s first planned interplanetary mission to Mars after “purchasing” the mission.SpaceX announced Thursday that the two-year-long mission will explore beyond the moon, fly by Mars,…

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended its earlier “no-pay, no-service” directive issued against domestic airlines over outstanding statutory remittances owed to the regulator. The authority announced the decision in a statement issued on Sunday evening by the Director-General…

The US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund market is closing in on recording net outflows for this year after Friday saw the funds hit six consecutive days of outflows.Net inflows into the Bitcoin ETFs so far in 2026 have shrunk to…

Artificial intelligence agents settling payments have gone from concept to reality in the last 12 months, with $73 million settled across 176 million transactions from May last year through April 2026, according to crypto investment firm Keyrock.In a report released…

Kalshi has backed a new lobbying group for prediction markets called Americans for Fair Markets, which has tapped former deputy White House chief of staff Taylor Budowich as its strategic advisor.Kalshi said on Friday that the organization is positioning itself…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly postponed its plan to allow trading of tokenized stocks after stock exchange officials raised concerns over how the plan would be implemented.Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter, that…

Rising government bond yields signal a coming “structural” shift that will create a Bitcoin “supercycle” of rising prices, as investors flee debasing assets for one that cannot be inflated, according to Shang Wu, a senior research analyst at crypto exchange…