Bitcoin has witnessed unprecedented growth over the year, yet central banks and policymakers are still grappling with how to classify cryptocurrencies in the current financial ecosystem....
The Moroccan central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, and the country’s Foreign Exchange Office, Office des Changes, issued a public statement on November 20, 2017, in which the two financial...
Earlier this week, Bitcoin Africa had the chance to interview NairaEx CEO David Ajala to learn more about the story behind NairaEx, how he came across...
NairaEx is a popular Nigeria-based exchange that was launched in 2015 by Double JJ Enterprises based in Abeokuta Ogun State in Nigeria. NairaEx is a bitcoin...
The price of bitcoin is currently retailing at over $7,700 across international exchange platforms. However, this is not the case in Zimbabwe. The price of bitcoin...
Kenyans interested in cryptocurrencies are welcome to attend the Nairobi Bitcoin Meetup on November 30th at the Marble Arch Hotel. The event is targeted at new...
Bitcoin mining is the process where participants in the bitcoin network (called miners) contribute their computing power to verify and process transactions on the blockchain and...
Unfortunately, the bitcoin-accepting Russian pyramid scheme MMM – led by convicted fraudster Sergei Mavrodi – is back in Nigeria in 2017 after it suspended Nigerian operations in...
Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a virus known as CryptoShuffler Trojan that steals cryptocurrencies from unsuspecting users’ wallets. Cybercriminals have now begun targeting popular digital...
On October 24, 2017, San Francisco-based BitGive Foundation announced the launch of its donation transparency platform GiveTrack. GiveTrack is a blockchain-based platform that enables donors to...