The Future Africa Leaders Foundation has unveiled the winners and ambassadors of the 2025 Future Africa Leaders Award, celebrating 10 young Africans whose initiatives are delivering measurable impact across communities on the continent. The awardees were recently presented at a…

Blockchain oracle provider RedStone has acquired Security Token Market (STM) and its TokenizeThis conference, adding a large dataset on tokenized real-world assets to its existing oracle business.According to an announcement, the acquisition brings STM’s historical data, covering more than 800…

Aba Power, Nigeria’s newest electricity distribution company, provided more smart meters than the other DisCos in 2025, according to an electricity pressure group. In a statement released after its first executive committee meeting of the year in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi…

Bitcoin (BTC) has struggled to regain momentum after the price dipped below $90,000 on Tuesday, with multiple analysts pointing to continued selling pressure in the short term. Key takeaways:New BTC whales with a holding period of less than 155 days…

Delaware Life Insurance Company is adding limited Bitcoin-linked exposure to its retirement annuity portfolio through an index developed by BlackRock.The insurer will offer an index that blends US stocks with a small, risk-managed allocation to Bitcoin (BTC). The Bitcoin exposure…

Hong Kong Finance Secretary Paul Chan defended the city’s “same activity, same risk, same regulation” framework for digital assets while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, according to the South China Morning Post.Speaking at a closed-door workshop in…

Seplat Energy Plc has announced that its ANOH gas project, a 300 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) midstream gas processing plant located in Imo State, has commenced gas supply. “Following completion of the 11km Indorama gas export pipeline…

The preliminary injunction against the predictions market platform came at the request of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell.Prediction markets platform Kalshi could face legal complications operating in the US state of Massachusetts after a judge reportedly ruled that residents…

Michael Selig named two people as senior advisers, one of whom helped with a law firm‘s letter that led to an SEC no-action letter on crypto custodians.Michael Selig, chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced the appointment…

ETH sold off at the weekly open, but its net taker volume metric turned positive for the first time in years. Will bulls take notice of the signal and attempt to press Ether price higher?Ether (ETH) derivatives data has begun…

The hedge fund manager said central banks were not handling fiat in the same way, warning of a breakdown in the global monetary order.Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio issued a stark warning for the global economy amid US President…

Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis has rolled out a new automation feature aimed at broadening access to onchain investigative and compliance tools beyond technical users.The feature, called Workflows, allows investigators and compliance teams to run predefined blockchain analyses without writing code,…

On Jan. 16, Pennsylvania-based lender Newrez announced plans to accept certain cryptocurrency holdings when considering mortgage applications. The change, which the company said will take effect in February, will apply to loans for homes, refinancing and other investment properties.For Newrez,…

Strategy acquired 22,305 BTC last week at about $95,284 per coin, lifting its holdings to 709,715 BTC.Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, blasted past 700,000 BTC in holdings with its latest large-scale purchase.Strategy bought 22,305 Bitcoin (BTC)…

Opinion by: Mike Maloney, Chairman of 21 Vault, a company operating in digital asset infrastructure and treasury strategy​Digital asset treasuries (DATs) started back in 2020 with Strategy’s decision to buy and hold Bitcoin (BTC). ​That fateful decision has created a…