Bitget CEO Gracy Chen isn’t convinced that Bitcoin’s recent rally to $79,000 marks the end of the bear market.She is keeping a significant portion of her portfolio in stablecoins and watching for a drop of more than $25,000 from current…

The Cross River State Government has taken its July–August 2026 landslide and flood disasters to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, seeking $25 million in international support for emergency response, ecological restoration and long-term…

The European Central Bank (ECB) is defending the privacy design of its planned central bank digital currency (CBDC).In an Aug. 10 interview published Monday, ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone said the digital euro’s design would limit the amount of…

Nigerian stocks reported a further slide last week, strained by profit-taking in energy and bank stocks. Equities are generally seeing a retreat as some investors exit their positions to take advantage of accumulated gains in a market that has delivered…

Bitcoin (BTC) starts the final week of August near its highest levels since mid-May as its bear-market recovery reaches a critical stage.Key points:Bitcoin sees a weekly candle close above its 50-week exponential moving average (EMA) for the first time since…

Fidelity Bank Plc has announced a potential delay in the publication of its audited financial statements for the half-year ended 30 June, after securing an extension from the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). The lender said it secured an extension from…

Germany widened its lead in the number of providers licensed under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), with six of its cooperative banks added in the latest register update.The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its MiCA…

The second and decisive week of the 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD COP17, began on Monday, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, marking a sharp shift from general negotiations to high-level ministerial dialogues. Over the next five…

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows surged last week after months of uneven flows, with investors pouring nearly $2 billion into the products amid a surge in Bitcoin’s price.Bitcoin ETFs recorded $1.92 billion in net inflows during the week…

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Saleh Ahmadu, Chairman of Bergmans Security Consultants and Supplies Limited, on the execution of a landmark 20-year concession agreement with the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for the implementation of the…

Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has opened its licensing portal after notifying regulations governing crypto exchanges and other virtual asset service providers (VASPs) operating in the country. Companies providing virtual asset services on or before March 5 must submit an…

Decentralized lending protocol Term Finance lost an estimated $8.5 million after an attacker exploited governance control of its strategy vaults, according to blockchain security firms. On Sunday, PeckShield said the attacker drained about 2,843 Ether (ETH), valued at $6.87 million at…

Bitcoin suddenly surges: Is the bear market over?Confidence has returned to crypto markets after Bitcoin saw a sudden rally to gain more than 23% this week to trade around $77,559 at the time of writing. The price briefly topped $79,000…

A new Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland working paper offers a provocative explanation for why cryptocurrency behaves so differently from traditional financial assets: Americans who buy crypto don’t simply have different demographics or risk appetites, they have radically different beliefs…

I have always been fascinated by the nomadic lifestyles of people across Asia, particularly as portrayed in Chinese and Korean films—the varieties of their cattle, sheep and horses; the vast landscapes of grasses, herbs, and shrubs; the mountains, and the…