Central African Republic delays crypto token listing, cites ‘market conditions’
RACHEL SAVAGE and ELIZABETH HOWCROFT THE Central African Republic, which adopted bitcoin as legal tender in April, said it had delayed listing
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Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas after U.S. files charges
JASPER WARD, LUC COHEN and ANGUS BERWICK FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas at the behest of
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Grocery retailer Pick n Pay to start accepting cryptocurrency payments
ONE of South Africa’s largest grocery retailers Pick n Pay is expanding a pilot of adding cryptocurrency as a payment
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SA teens skip school to chase risky crypto dreams
KIMBERLY MUTANDIRO JOHN first heard of cryptocurrency three years ago, when the teenager came across slick YouTube videos and Facebook
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Central African Republic top court blocks purchases with new cryptocurrency
CENTRAL African Republic’s Constitutional Court ruled that the purchase of citizenship, “e-residency” and land using a cryptocurrency the government launched
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Central African Republic launches ‘Sango Coin’ cryptocurrency amid industry rout
RACHEL SAVAGE THE Central African Republic will start selling a cryptocurrency it says will be worth $21 million next week,
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Central African Republic to launch bitcoin investment platform
THE Central African Republic will launch the continent’s first legal cryptocurrency investment hub, the presidency said, extending the impoverished country’s
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Stablecoin is gaining currency in Africa
AFRICAN governments, already eyeing central bank-backed digital currencies to connect millions of unbanked and underbanked to their financial systems, are going a step further and signalling support for digital currencies that promise to leapfrog their economies into the digital era – and bring currency stability.
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Russian invasion: Five ways tech is being used to help Ukraine
UMBERTO BACCHI FROM offering refugees their spare rooms to donating cryptocurrency, people around the world have been using technology to
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Crypto queens: Women stake out space in blockchain world
RINA CHANDRAN As an artist and women’s rights activist, Maliha Abidi is adept at using digital technologies, so when she
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