The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said it has not imposed a blanket ban on e-hailing services such as Uber and Bolt at the nation’s airports. The management of FAAN gave the clarification in a statement on Thursday…

GnosisDAO approved Gnosis Chain’s transition from a standalone layer-1 network to a ZK-proven Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) rollup.GIP-153 received 123,158 GNO in support, 115 against and 151 abstaining across 54 voters, Gnosis Chain said in an X post. Turnout reached…

Hyperliquid’s native token surged more than 20% over 24 hours after United States President Donald Trump said regulators were working on a compliant pathway to make the decentralized trading platform available to American users.HYPE traded around $62 immediately before Trump’s…

Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego warned that rushing the CLARITY Act to a Senate vote before lawmakers resolve disputes over ethics and stablecoin yield could set United States crypto market structure legislation back.Speaking at the SALT Wyoming Blockchain Symposium on Wednesday,…

[Update 12:50 UTC, Aug. 19: Adds background on FASB, proposed disclosure requirements and the US regulatory framework for stablecoins.]The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has proposed guidance outlining when companies may classify certain stablecoins as cash equivalents under generally accepted…

[Update, 09:25 UTC, Aug. 19: Adds details on the exploit mechanics and its impact on MAYAChain’s liquidity pools.]Cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) Maya Protocol halted its network after an attacker exploited a series of software flaws to obtain an estimated $1.7…

In this interview, Etim William, Director of the Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought Management Department of the Federal Ministry of Environment, the factors contributing to the degradation of Nigeria’s rangelands and how desertification, land degradation and drought are worsening farmer-herder…

US President Donald Trump continued to push for passage of a crypto market structure bill as the Senate remains in recess.In a Wednesday press conference with crypto company executives including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler…

Four of the five candidates supported by ads funded by the cryptocurrency-aligned political action committee (PAC) Fairshake won their primaries or otherwise advanced on Tuesday, potentially a bellwether for the industry’s influence in the 2026 midterm elections.On Tuesday, Democratic and…

Bitcoin (BTC) saw its highest levels since the start of June after Wednesday’s Wall Street open as markets reacted to a US government liquidity move.Key points:Bitcoin spikes 6% on the day to hit $69,749, its highest level since June 2.The…

The Federal Government spent ₦30.64 trillion on incremental expenses between June 2023 and December 2025, with wage adjustments, external debt service and strategic infrastructure accounting for the largest portions, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo…

Bitcoin could be poised for a run toward $100,000 by year-end as the US Treasury ramps up support for the long end of the government bond market in an effort to rein in surging interest rates, according to Standard Chartered…

After about a 15-hour flight from Abuja to Istanbul (6hrs 25 min) and then to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (8hrs, 20 min), I finally arrived in the “Land of the Eternal Blue Sky”- Mongolia, to cover the 17th session of the UNCCD…

Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first live cross-border transaction on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, demonstrating interoperability between the banks’ tokenized deposit systems a month after the ledger’s launch.The transaction involved payment messages exchanged between the two through Swift’s ledger,…

The United States Coast Guard has removed Nigeria from its Port Security Advisory, citing improvements in the country’s implementation of effective antiterrorism measures at its ports. The development lifts the Condition of Entry (CoE) imposed on vessels arriving in the…