In recent months, countries like the United States, Canada, and Japan have launched Bitcoin and Ethereum Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), offering private and institutional investors access to the rapidly growing cryptocurrency…
I acknowledge that the CBN took an important step under its new leadership, Governor Olayemi Cardoso. This is commendable. But I believe that the CBN is yet to take the…
In 2016, the African Development Bank (AfDB) projected that two million jobs would be produced in Africa’s ICT industry by 2021. Beyond Web 2, in what is dubbed as Web 3.0, Africans…
On the 28th of February, crypto traders in Nigeria were left in shock as Binance (the world’s most traded crypto exchange) delisted & ended its p2p trading feature for the…
You would have encountered articles and friends discussing the pending Bitcoin halving and how it is poised to rocket everything to the moon. It’s safe to say, ‘Bitcoin is having…
When Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum Founder, launched the Ethereum project in 2014, he imagined a blockchain-powered platform that would democratize and decentralize access to funding for “important public projects”. Today, 10…
Today, I had a lengthy conversation with a friend who invested in Patricia – the Fintech company that has gone under*. During the long call, I realised that he, like…
In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto unveiled the Bitcoin whitepaper, a document that transformed the world’s understanding of digital currency and trustless transactions. While Bitcoin’s adoption has been remarkable, there is a…
Nigeria’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the eNaira, whose launch gulped millions of Naira from the nation’s coffers, may likely hit rock bottom in its second year. The eNaira, Africa’s…
Nigeria’s outgoing president Muhammadu Buhari has recently approved a national policy on blockchain technology. The policy is purportedly anchored on the country’s readiness to domesticate the new technology in an…