The Commercial Director, Fidson Healthcare PLC, Ola Ijimakin, says the company decided to donate a Theatre Pharmacy to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, Delta State, because of the great job it is doing in saving lives. Mr Ijimakin said…

Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $63,000 on Friday as markets adjusted to geopolitical and macro changes.Key points:Bitcoin takes a time-out near week-to-date lows after a broadly hawkish Fed interest-rate meeting.US-Iran tensions slowly resurface with the Strait of Hormuz oil route in…

Binance’s faltering European Union Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license application in Greece has raised questions about whether the bloc’s central bank may have played an informal role in the process, despite not having formal authority over licensing decisions.Even though…

Binance is allowed to provide crypto trading access to users in the Philippines through its arrangement with BlockShoals Technologies, but neither company is authorized to handle peso transfers or perform other activities regulated by the country’s central bank, according to…

Bitcoin (BTC) could reach its new “macro bottom” by September, as price action continues to surprise traders.Key points:Bitcoin may “front run” exchange order-book liquidity to produce a bear-market low between $50,000 and $60,000.A trader sees “complete disbelief” if price reverses…

British energy giant Shell Plc has appointed Elohor Aiboni as its new Executive Vice President and Country Chair for Nigeria, following the departure of Marno de Jong after more than six years leading the company’s operations in the country. In…

Microsoft Threat Intelligence is warning Windows users about a cryptocurrency clipper strain of malware transmitted via USB drives. The malware, which has been affecting users since February, steals clipboard data to extract wallet credentials using “high-frequency clipboard theft, screenshot exfiltration, and…

President Bola Tinubu has announced that Nigeria has secured more than 449,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser inputs—equivalent to about nine million bags—to support agricultural production and strengthen food security across the country. The president disclosed this in a statement posted…

Microtransactions below 0.01 Bitcoin (BTC) now account for roughly 80% of all daily transactions on the network, pushing transaction activity close to record highs despite weak price performance.The surge has pushed CryptoQuant’s Bitcoin “Network Activity Index” into positive territory for…

Goldman Sachs lowered its year-end gold forecast by $500 an ounce, citing expectations that the US Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates this year. The revised target places gold at $4,900, down from earlier estimates of $5,400. It comes on the…

Digital asset company AllUnity is launching SEKAU, a Swedish krona-backed stablecoin issued under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).The new token operates as an e-money token under MiCA, according to a statement shared with Cointelegraph on Friday. It…

The layer-1 blockchain Algorand has released its plan to tackle the potential threat of quantum computing, with a roadmap to update the network’s infrastructure by the end of 2027.Algorand Foundation technology chief Bruno Martins said Thursday that the updates will…

The Ethereum Foundation has lost another high-ranking contributor, amid increasing scrutiny of the research organization as the network faces ongoing questions about talent retention and governance philosophy.In a post on X, co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang announced that she had stepped…

Billionaire tycoon Femi Otedola has acquired 672.9 million new shares in financial services group First HoldCo Plc, taking his interest in the group to 20.4 per cent. Mr Otedola executed the share purchase through the N45 billion second tranche of…

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund has been a gateway for new investors to enter the wider ETF market, according to Jay Jacobs, US head of equity ETFs at BlackRock. Around three-quarters of investors in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF have never…