Phantom Celebrates ‘Suinami,’ Rolls out Beta Support for Sui

Phantom, a Solana-focused cryptocurrency wallet, has announced the inclusion of Sui, a high-throughput blockchain project, in beta. Sui becomes the fifth cryptocurrency option available on Phantom alongside solana, ethereum, bitcoin, and base. In this initial phase, Phantom will allow users to swap thousands of sui tokens from its interface and use their favorite Sui decentralized … Read more

Nigerian Fintech Moniepoint Secures Over $10m Investment From Visa, Eyes Expansion in Africa

Visa has invested over $10 million in African fintech Moniepoint, joining its Series C funding round, which now exceeds $120 million. Moniepoint provides banking, credit, and payment services to businesses and individuals in Africa. The investment aims to drive financial inclusion and support SME growth across the continent. Moniepoint processes over 1 billion transactions monthly, … Read more

Binance Faces French Probe Over Alleged Money Laundering and Fraud

French authorities have launched a judicial investigation into cryptocurrency exchange Binance over alleged money laundering, tax fraud, and unauthorized operations. The Paris public prosecutor’s office stated that the probe, covering 2019 to 2024, includes suspected money laundering linked to drug trafficking across the EU. Complaints from users who claimed financial losses and misleading information triggered … Read more

Sony’s Blockchain Soneium Reaches Transaction Milestone

Soneium, a blockchain network established by companies of the Sony Group, has recently reached a milestone regarding its transaction count. The project registered almost 500K daily transactions only 2 weeks from its mainnet launch, signaling a high activity growth. Furthermore, this number was achieved with only 207K active addresses on the network, highlighting a high … Read more

Microsoft’s Ambitious Plan: Train 1 Million South Africans in AI and Cybersecurity

Microsoft has announced plans to train 1 million people in South Africa on artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity skills by 2026. This initiative, part of Microsoft’s broader efforts to empower individuals and businesses across Africa, aims to equip South Africans with the necessary skills to thrive in the digital economy. This announcement builds upon Microsoft’s … Read more

Tuttle Capital Files for a Leveraged Melania Trump Memecoin ETF

Connecticut-based Tuttle Capital filed for a leveraged Melania Trump memecoin (MELANIA) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Monday, according to a post by Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart. The filing was part of a list of ten leveraged ETFs, including ones that will hold Donald Trump’s memecoin (TRUMP), Bonk (BONK), and several established cryptocurrencies such as XRP, … Read more

Solana DEX Jupiter Announces 50% Buyback, Moonshot Acquisition

Jupiter, one of the leading Solana-focused decentralized exchanges, has made major announcements as part of Catstambul, its first community-focused conference held in Turkey. The project revealed the acquisition of a majority stake in Moonshot, a meme coin creation and distribution platform on Solana. Jupiter also announced that it would burn $3 billion of its own … Read more

Jack Mallers: Ripple Is Spending Millions to Undermine Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

Jack Mallers, CEO of Zap, stated that Ripple, a cryptocurrency company, was actively lobbying against a strategic bitcoin reserve. In what he called an emergency press conference on social media, Mallers claimed that Ripple was “actively spending” millions of dollars trying to undermine a strategic bitcoin reserve in the U.S. Mallers revealed that Ripple would … Read more

Bitwise Quietly Prepares for Dogecoin ETF

Crypto investment management firm Bitwise filed paperwork to establish a Delaware statutory trust for a dogecoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Wednesday, according to a post by Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. The firm manages upwards of $10 billion in assets across sixteen funds, including spot bitcoin and spot ether ETFs. Optimism for a wider variety … Read more