Geregu Power Plc has appointed Mohammed Jaoji as its acting Chief Executive Officer, effective 17 August, and subject to the approval of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The company disclosed the appointment in a regulatory filing signed by its…

BitMart’s official Chinese-language X account has publicly demanded that founder Sheldon Xia explain the whereabouts of user funds and produce a repayment plan by Wednesday. The account said in a Monday post that some users remained unable to withdraw funds…

[Update 10:40 UTC, Aug. 17: This article has been updated to include a statement from Bitpanda in sixth and seventh paragraphs.]Austria’s financial regulator has fined crypto platform Bitpanda 70,000 euros ($82,000) for violating the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation,…

Binance reportedly provided Russian authorities with transaction records and personal information belonging to a customer accused of financing terrorism via cryptocurrency donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns.Russian investigators used information supplied by Binance as evidence against IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy, who…

Bitcoin (BTC) is starting the new week at around $63,000, but bear-market history continues to repeat with weekly close below a key long-term trend line.Key points:Bitcoin has been trading in a range between $57,700 and $67,300, but last week’s close…

Last week, Nigerian stocks depreciated by 1.2 per cent, despite increased trading activity, as all the sector indices, led by consumer goods, retreated. Trade volume stood at 12.2 billion shares, compared to 5.4 billion a year earlier. “Given the market’s…

Nigeria’s top anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recovered $60 million from indigenous oil and gas firm Nestoil Limited. This breakthrough could advance efforts to resolve the protracted debt crisis between the energy company and a…

Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis has sued the United States government over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) decision to award a sole-source contract to competitor TRM Labs. On July 27, Chainalysis Government Solutions filed the challenge in the US Court of…

CLARITY odds narrow as bill enters the final straightGalaxy Digital has lowered its estimate of the CLARITY Act’s chances of passing in 2026 to just 10%. In May it had estimated the chance of passage at 75%.Multiple political issues remain…

Ethereum developers are currently reviewing 66 proposals to narrow them down as part of scoping the next major Ethereum upgrade, Hegotá, with several proposals aimed at bringing more privacy capabilities into the protocol.FOCIL is currently the only Ethereum Improvement Proposal…

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, has led a delegation of State Executives and members of the Ibom Air’s management team to a pre-delivery inspection of the airline’s third Airbus A220-300 aircraft at the Airbus production facility in…

The number of tokenized stock holders has more than doubled over the past month to 1.31 million, according to RWA.xyz data.Monthly transfer volume surged nearly 180% over the same period to $23.13 billion, while monthly active addresses increased 34.62% to…

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State had said he is not opposed to the Enyimba Economic City project. He, however, insists that all the processes surrounding the development must be transparent and properly executed. Mr Otti disclosed this on Thursday…

Bitcoin could bottom in October before recovering to around $130,000 ahead of the 2028 halving, according to Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten.Bitcoin’s (BTC) price peaked above $126,000 in early October 2025, meaning that the “market should bottom in October,” Klippsten…

The numbers behind the oft-cited prediction that Bitcoin will reach $1 million by 2030 simply don’t add up, according to Markus Thielen, head of research at 10x Research.“It’s mathematically impossible,” Thielen tells Cointelegraph on Trade Secrets, arguing that Bitcoin’s historical…