Nigeria could enter a stronger and more sustainable growth phase in 2026 if economic reforms were sustained and security challenges addressed, the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) said in its 2025 economic review on Sunday. According to…

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Bayo Ojulari, on Sunday assured Nigerians that ongoing price competition in the downstream petroleum sector will ultimately benefit consumers. He described current market tensions as a natural consequence…

Mirae Asset Group is in talks to acquire Korbit, South Korea’s fourth-largest cryptocurrency exchange, in a deal valued at roughly 100 billion to 140 billion Korean won ($70 million to $100 million).The potential acquisition would be led by Mirae Asset…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Poland will force real estate developers to allocate space for bomb shelters in most new buildings from 2026, as the frontline state…

For Animoca Brands co‑founder Yat Siu, 2025 will be remembered as “the Trump year,” not because US President Donald Trump saved crypto, but because the industry bet too heavily on him and mispriced everything from tariffs to rate cuts.Trump was…

Bitcoin (BTC) eyed weekend highs into Sunday’s weekly close with the yearly candle in focus.Key points:Bitcoin sees an eerily calm weekend as analysis eyes a three-day bullish divergence locking in.It may take until the new year for capital to redeploy…

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded heavy outflows over Christmas week, with investors pulling a combined $782 million from the products, according to data from SoSoValue. The most significant single-day withdrawal during the period occurred on Friday, when spot Bitcoin…

Uniswap has executed a major token burn following the approval of its long-anticipated fee burning proposal, removing 100 million UNI, worth roughly $596 million at current prices, from the protocol’s treasury.Onchain data shows the burn transaction was completed at around…

Bitcoin doesn’t need to wait for a pullback in gold and silver to continue its upward trajectory, according to analysts.“Surprisingly unpopular opinion,” Glassnode lead analyst James Check said after making the statement in an X post on Friday, adding that…

The Shipping Branch of the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria has frowned at what it described as the continuous casualisation of workers by employers of labour within the maritime sector. This was contained in a statement on Friday by the…

Bitcoin may post steady returns over the next ten years, but exceptionally large year-on-year gains are unlikely, according to Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan.“I think we’re in a 10-year grind upward of strong returns. It’s not spectacular returns, [but]…

The Port Harcourt Refining Company, which is currently shut down, is still supplying 349,000 litres of automotive gas oil, otherwise known as diesel, daily, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority disclosed this in the latest data posted on…

Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, a pro-crypto United States lawmaker, said the recent proposal from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller to give crypto companies access to “skinny” master accounts would end debanking under Operation Chokepoint 2.0.Waller proposed the idea at the…

Worldwide Google search volume for the term “crypto” is hovering above the 1-year low and has reached a 1-year low in the United States as 2025 comes to a close, indicating weak crypto investor sentiment. The Google search volume scale…

The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market will continue to grow in 2026, fueled by adoption in emerging market economies, according to Jesse Knutson, head of operations at crypto exchange Bitfinex. Emerging market economies experience “friction” in capital formation and attracting foreign…