While the NBE frames this directive around foreign exchange (FX) preservation, consumer protection, and financial crime risk management, the decision highlights a growing policy divergence within East Africa and across…
Kenya has officially gazetted the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Regulations, 2026. This regulatory milestone operationalizes the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act (Act No. 20 of 2025), establishing a mandatory…
On 21 July 2026, the United Kingdom’s Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) officially launched a Parliamentary Inquiry examining access to banking services for the UK crypto and…
In what is being hailed as one of the most consequential structural milestones for Nigeria’s digital economy, President Bola Tinubu has officially signed the Presidential Executive Order on Virtual Assets…
The acquisition of a federal banking charter by a stablecoin issuer has long been the “holy grail” of the digital asset industry—a theoretical bridge designed to merge public blockchain rails…
In what is shaping up to be a definitive milestone for Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest digital economy, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria has formally cleared seven fintech and…
ABUJA — In the wake of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria’s sweeping move to recapitalize the capital market, the nation’s intercommunity group has issued a formal statement about…
LAGOS, NIGERIA – Blockchain Experts Association of Nigeria (BEAN)—founded in 2016 as the Blockchain Nigeria User Group (BNUG), has formally reacted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria’s recent…
The X Space discussion titled “The Billion Naira Filter: Will Local Innovators Survive the New SEC Rules on VASPs?” was held 16 January 2026, courtesy of the Stanley Golomo-led Restoration…
In a move designed to transform the Nigerian capital market from a market of participants into a fortress of financial stability, Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially “raised…