Sterling Financial Holdings Company Plc has announced the appointment of Olubisi Makoju as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the holding company, while Olayinka Oni was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Sterling Bank Limited. In a regulatory filing signed by the…

The crypto industry has spent years convincing Washington that it deserves a seat at the table. Now, as Congress inches toward passing the CLARITY Act, a long-awaited crypto market structure bill, it seems it finally has one.The question is no…

United States prosecutors have charged a man serving a federal prison sentence over the alleged removal and laundering of about $290,000 in crypto assets held in a Kraken account subject to a forfeiture order. The Department of Justice said on Thursday…

Claim: An X user claims that while the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is “worth $700 billion,” Nigeria is “$500 billion in debt,” despite discovering oil two years earlier. Verdict: Mostly false! While Nigeria discovered commercial oil before the UAE, the…

USDC stablecoin issuer Circle on Friday announced it received final approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish First National Digital Currency Bank (FNDCB), a national trust bank that will operate under the name…

US-listed Bitcoin mining company TeraWulf is reportedly seeking to raise $3.5 billion in debt to expand its Justified Data campus in Kentucky, a facility leased by artificial intelligence company Anthropic under a long-term agreement.The deal is expected to launch this…

Bitcoin (BTC) eyed new July highs on Friday as US-Iran peace momentum kept oil lower.Key points:Bitcoin bulls keep upside momentum going as BTC/USD seeks a new multi-week record.Declining oil prices and US dollar strength contrast with crypto market rebound.$65,000 is…

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Binance is in talks with regulators that have invited the exchange to apply for crypto licenses following its withdrawal from the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) application in Greece, according to co-CEO Richard Teng.Teng said at the Reuters NEXT Asia…

The amount of Ether bridged to Robinhood’s new layer-2 blockchain exceeded $70 million in just the first week, according to Token Terminal. Robinhood Chain, an EVM-compatible Arbitrum-based layer-2 network that uses ETH as its native gas token, launched on July 1…

The European Parliament has passed legislation allowing tech firms to scan messages for child sexual abuse material until 2028, a controversial law dubbed “chat control” by critics.EU lawmakers on Thursday largely voted against extending the regulation, dubbed “Chat Control 1.0,”…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens have held up unusually well against Bitcoin over the past month, suggesting the market may be “quietly re-rating” the sector, says crypto index fund maker Bitwise.Bitcoin (BTC) fell about 22% in June, while Bitwise’s index tracking…

Zcash’s Ironwood network upgrade, the solution to an “infinity” bug discovered in May on the privacy-focused blockchain’s main private transaction pool, Orchard, is set to go live on July 28. Announced in June, Ironwood closes the current Orchard pool, prevents new…

Hackers compromised a widely used Injective software package in a supply chain attack with malware designed to steal crypto wallet private keys, adding to a growing attack vector involving attackers using legitimate platforms to deliver malicious payloads. Security firm Socket…

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has doubled down on its stance that won-denominated stablecoins should first be issued through bank-led consortiums.According to local reports from Digital Asset and EDaily, the central bank made the comments in materials submitted on Thursday…