Nigeria, long regarded as Africa’s largest cryptocurrency market, faces growing risk of losing its regional leadership as new tax guidelines increase compliance costs and could drive trading activity offshore, according…
PwC Nigeria has warned that Nigeria’s newly issued tax guidelines on virtual assets introduce greater clarity but also create practical and legal uncertainties that could raise compliance costs and operational…
An attacker spent approximately $951 to seize control of Term Labs’ vault governance and drain an estimated $8.5 million from strategy vaults on August 23, 2026. The incident has become…
Ethereum researchers have published a concrete design for a post-quantum public key registry aimed at protecting the network’s validators from future quantum computing threats. The proposal, led by Thomas Coratger…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA) shares declined nearly 4% in U.S. trading on August 24, 2026, following a larger drop in Hong Kong after the company announced a major…
A 23-year-old Omaha, Nebraska man who used ChatGPT to help plan an armed bank robbery has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison. Deron Lewis-Payne received a…
Bitcoin held above $77,000 on August 24, 2026, pausing near $77,100 after a powerful weekly rally exceeding 21 percent. Traders largely stood aside in Asian trading hours as attention turned…
Banks and financial regulators from Europe, the Middle East and Asia joined a cross-regional pilot on August 24, 2026, testing post-quantum security for digital asset wallets and blockchain transfers. The…
The Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation filed a lawsuit on August 21, 2026, seeking to block Illinois’ new 0.2% digital asset tax before it takes effect. The complaint…
Term Labs confirmed on August 23, 2026, that a governance exploit had impacted its lending vaults. Blockchain security firms, including PeckShield and CertiK, estimated that an attacker extracted approximately $8.5…
