ALT5 Sigma, a crypto treasury company with ties to US President Donald Trump, replaced CEO Jonathan Hugh and cut ties with chief operating officer Ron Pitters in November as part of a broader leadership overhaul.Tony Isaac, the president of ALT5…

Bitcoin (BTC) avoided US selling pressure Thursday as US Thanksgiving provided bulls with key relief. Key points:Bitcoin retains $90,000 as support into the Thanksgiving weekend after hitting weekly highs.BTC price expectations flip bullish, with even $100,000 on the cards again.Futures markets…

Centralized instant exchange aggregator Houdini Swap has rolled out a private payment service allowing users to receive payments in their preferred asset without revealing their onchain address.According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Houdini Pay allows users to generate shareable…

Visa is expanding its use of stablecoins for settlement in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) through a new partnership with crypto infrastructure company Aquanow.In an announcement Thursday, Visa said it partnered with Aquanow “to settle…

The Head of the Strategic Projects Department at the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Mr Oladele Oladejo, has been appointed to the Advisory Committee of the African Regional Partnership on Sustainability and SDG Reporting under the United Nations Conference on…

Ethereum crossed a threshold in execution capacity as its mainnet block gas limit reached 60 million, the highest level the network has seen in four years. Data tracker Gas Limit Pics showed that in November, over 513,000 validators signaled a 60…

The Committee of e-Business Industry Heads has called for a fundamental cultural shift in the perception and use of consumer credit in Nigeria to drive true financial inclusion. The call was made on Tuesday at a press conference in Lagos to…

Representatives of European Union member states reached an agreement on Wednesday in the Council of the EU to move forward with the controversial “Chat Control” child sexual abuse regulation, which paves the way for new rules targeting abusive child sexual…

Finance app Bitget Wallet has launched a bank transfer feature in Nigeria, allowing users to instantly convert stablecoins, USDT and USDC, into naira and send funds directly to local bank accounts. In a statement on Tuesday, the firm said the feature…

Equities and cryptocurrency markets may be setting up for a year-end reversal as liquidity improves and US monetary policy turns more supportive following the end of the record government shutdown.Improving market conditions will be driven by the increasing liquidity, which…

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State on Wednesday flew one of the state’s two newly acquired aircraft from Abuja to the state’s airport at Amassoma, near Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the ATR-72/600 aircraft, which is for…

Cancer patients in Abuja have received a major lifeline after the NNPC/Renaissance Joint Venture donated $300,000 to the National Hospital, Abuja, to sustain the maintenance of its advanced cancer treatment machine. The funding, announced at the office of the Coordinating…

Update Nov. 27, 9:23 am UTC: This article has been updated to include comments from Trezor CEO Matej Zak. South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange, Upbit, temporarily froze deposits and withdrawals on Thursday after detecting about $36 million in unauthorized outflows…

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Tunde Lemo, has been scheduled to headline the 2025 edition of the annual career and entrepreneurship outreach of the Foursquare Church Without Bounds, Ogba, Lagos. In a statement on Tuesday, the…

Ripple’s dollar-pegged stablecoin was cleared for use by institutions in Abu Dhabi after winning recognition as an Accepted Fiat-Referenced Token by the local watchdog. In a Thursday announcement, Ripple said the approval allows regulated firms to deploy Ripple USD (RLUSD)…