Bitcoin (BTC) circled $78,000 on Saturday after geopolitical headwinds erased most of its May gains.Key points:Bitcoin falls below $78,000 for the first time since the start of May.Oil-supply woes combine with existing nerves over US bond markets, adding to headwinds…

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has warned that Nigeria’s April inflation outlook points to a fragile disinflation process, noting that the conditions remain severe for households and businesses in the country. The think tank made this…

OpenAI and the Maltese government have announced a world-first partnership to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all Maltese citizens, marking the first time a government has struck such a deal with the AI company.Under the programme, citizens who complete a…

Shares in the US crypto exchange Bullish fell on Thursday after the company’s first-quarter earnings missed analysts’ top and bottom line expectations.Bullish’s adjusted revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $92.8 million, up from $62.4 million a year ago,…

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $1 billion in weekly net outflows, ending a six-week inflow streak that had drawn a combined $3.4 billion.The week started on a cautiously optimistic note, with Monday posting modest inflows of $27.29 million, according…

THORChain has confirmed a $10 million exploit and launched a recovery portal, giving affected users a self-custodial path to revoke malicious token approvals and submit refund claims backed by a treasury-provisioned refund pool of equal size.In a Saturday post on…

Ethereum needs three catalysts to fall into place for its price to regain momentum and surge higher, according to SharpLink Gaming CEO Joseph Chalom.“One is the CLARITY Act to pass in the US,” Chalom pointed out in an interview with…

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has granted Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) a ‘one-off’ special approval to invest pension fund assets in the proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE. The approval was disclosed in a…

Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock, STRC, the company’s primary vehicle for funding its Bitcoin purchases in 2026, hit a new daily trading volume record of $1.5 billion on Thursday.“All-time high volume. $1.53B of liquidity,” chairman Michael Saylor said, referring to Strategy’s…

Global crypto exchange OKX is reportedly in talks with Korea Investment & Securities to take a major stake in Coinone, marking the latest shakeup in South Korea’s tightly regulated crypto exchange market. According to a Friday report by Korean media…

The Federal Government has described the latest upgrade of Nigeria’s sovereign credit rating by S&P Global Ratings as further evidence that the country’s economic reforms are beginning to restore international confidence in the economy. In a statement issued on Saturday,…

S&P Global Ratings has upgraded Nigeria’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to “B” from “B-”, citing improvements in the country’s macroeconomic profile, external position, and ongoing economic reforms. The US-based global ratings agency announced the upgrade on…

Decentralized liquidity protocol THORChain halted trading after blockchain investigator ZachXBT flagged a suspected exploit of more than $10 million.A THORChain alerts Telegram channel showed all trading and signing halted, with a global node pause extended until block 26191149, or roughly…

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) plans to release detailed tokenized securities rules in July as the country prepares to bring blockchain-based securities under its capital markets framework in 2027.The measures are expected to include a roadmap for tokenizing stocks,…

May 15, 2026, Press release – BloFin, a prominent global cryptocurrency exchange, has officially opened registration for its highly anticipated trading competition, the WOW (War of Whales) 2026 Grand Prix. Returning bigger and bolder than ever, this year’s edition boasts…