Africa Crypto Week In Review: Ghana to Regulate Crypto, Binance To Adopt Stricter Measures in South Africa, Nigeria Intensify Crackdowns

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In this week’s Africa crypto news, Ghana sets crypto regulations for 2025 as Binance tightens South Africa rules. Nigeria is also cracking down on unregulated firms. The African regulatory landscape continues to adapt to the reality of a permanent crypto sector. Ghana has plans to regulate crypto. Binance also plans to update its compliance requirements … Read more

Binance to delist these altcoins on May 2, here’s how they’re doing

Binance to delist these altcoins on May 2, here’s how they’re doing

Binance has announced that it will remove all spot trading pairs for ALPACA, PDA, VIB, and WING tokens on May 2. According to a notice published on April 24, the crypto exchange said it will remove all trading pairs linked to Alpaca Finance (ALPACA), PlayDapp (PDA), Viberate (VIB), and Wing Finance (WING) as part of … Read more

Low-Cap Altcoin Explodes After Crypto Exchange Binance Announces Perpetual Futures Listing

Low-Cap Altcoin Explodes After Crypto Exchange Binance Announces Perpetual Futures Listing

A low-cap altcoin is up after the world’s top crypto exchange platform by volume announced the listing of perpetual futures for it. In a new announcement, Binance says it will launch support for Bitcoin (BTC) decentralized finance (DeFi)-focused platform Lorenzo Protocol (BANK) to Binance Futures. Binance’s announcement came on the same day as BANK’s official … Read more

Cardano’s Founder Forecasts Bitcoin At $250K By Year-End: Binance CEO Teases Major Catalyst For BTC

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Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson, a veteran in the crypto industry, has made a bold prediction: Bitcoin could reach $250,000 by the end of 2025—or early 2026 if momentum takes longer to build. He insisted that there will be no “Crypto Winter.” Talking to CNBC on 18 April 2025, Hoskinson said that eventually “the Tariff stuff … Read more

Crypto Chaos as Amazon Web Services Outage Freezes Binance, KuCoin Withdrawals

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Talk about a rough wake-up call for crypto traders. In the early hours of April 15, Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a network hiccup at one of its Tokyo data centers, and the ripple effect was instant. The AWS crypto outage raised questions about the reliability centralized exchanges, but first let’s start with actually happened. … Read more

Binance Altcoin Cuts, Ripple Nears SEC Deal

Binance logo, Ripple coin, and Bitcoin against a backdrop of trade war headlines and market charts

Binance Delists 14 Altcoins Binance, the largest global crypto exchange by volume, revealed its decision to delist 14 altcoins. Some of the tokens include: Token Name BADGER Badger DAO BAL Balancer CREAM Cream Finance The delisting caused prices of these tokens to drop sharply – many by double digits within hours. Binance said the decision … Read more

Africa Crypto Week in Review: Crypto Bill in Kenya, Nigeria Puts Off Binance Suit as Cameroon Hosts Bitcoin Africa Conference

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In the latest Africa crypto news, the Kenya new virtual assets bill is before Parliament as the country seeks to regulate crypto. Meanwhile, Nigeria postponed the Binance tax lawsuit until the end of April. The government wants the exchange to pay $2 billion in tax it claims was not paid. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin Africa Conference … Read more

Binance preps US comeback, courts Trump for help: report

Binance preps US comeback, courts Trump for help: report

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is plotting a return to the U.S. based on newfound ties with the Trump family. According to the Wall Street Journal, executives from Binance met with U.S. Treasury officials last month to request the removal or reduction of a federal monitorship that has overseen the exchange’s compliance with anti-money-laundering … Read more

Binance co-founder responds to critics blaming the platform for ACT, TST and other price drops

Binance adds MUBARAK and Broccoli to first vote to list token batch

Binance co-founder Yi He says the exchange cannot be held accountable for the ‘the rise and fall of coins’ listed on its platform. The criticism comes after several tokens experience major declines in trading. In a recent post, Yi He acknowledged that the platform still had issues and the team is committed to continuously improving … Read more

Binance Adds Support for New Bitcoin (BTC) Staking Protocol Babylon (BABY)

Binance Adds Support for New Bitcoin (BTC) Staking Protocol Babylon (BABY)

The world’s largest crypto exchange platform by trading volume is adding support for a new Bitcoin (BTC) staking protocol. In a new announcement, Binance says it will be adding the BTC staking project Babylon (BABY) to its massive suite of digital asset products. Babylon, which launched Babylon Genesis today, rose in value after gaining support … Read more