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Nigeria has established itself as the heart of the African crypto ecosystem. With a 99% awareness rate according to Consensys (a world record) and second place in Chainalysis' Adoption Index, the country is attracting all eyes. Between July 2023 and June 2024, it concentrated 47% of sub-Saharan Africa'
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Five hundred million dollars raised in just a few minutes. That was the feat achieved by Plasma last May during the public sale of its XPL token, organised on Sonar. A total of 1,111 investors took part in the operation, including a few whales (large wallets) who snapped up
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For the past few months, a number of companies specialising in digital assets have been taking the next step: listed markets. Exchanges, custody companies, fintechs and mining players... they are all rushing to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or to finalise an IPO. A trend that illustrates
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With the rise of cryptocurrencies, the risks associated with illicit activities are multiplying. Theft, fraud, money laundering and ransomware are now threats not only to users but also to the wider stability of the financial system. According to analysis firm Chainalysis, three major trends are marking the evolution of the
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For several weeks now, the traditional finance sector and the crypto sector have been converging around the same object: the tokenised share. The seemingly simple idea is winning over more and more investors and platforms. Robinhood's announcement in early July that it would offer tokenised shares to its
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This is not an insignificant trajectory. In the space of a few weeks, Sharplink Gaming, until then an American company specialising in affiliation for the sports betting sector, has metamorphosed into a financial vehicle centred on Ethereum. Under the leadership of Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and boss of Consensys,
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Travel Rule: a new framework in force since 2025 The "Travel Rule" is an anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing measure introduced by the FATF (Financial Action Task Force). Recommendation 16 of the FATF requires financial institutions to transmit information on the sender and beneficiary when transferring funds. Originally
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Launched by Sam Altman, Worldcoin aimed to rethink digital identity by relying on biometrics, an integrated wallet and a native token. Two years after its launch, the project has been widely deployed on a global scale, while attracting criticism and support. On-chain data, successive fund-raisings and debates around privacy show
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The boundary between traditional finance and blockchain just got a little more blurred. In Cannes at the major Ethereum conference (EthCC), Robinhood unveiled a project that aims to radically transform the way shares are bought and held. The Californian group, known for democratising commission-free trading, is now taking the next
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Depositing euros on a mobile app and collecting interest in stablecoins, without ever having the impression of interacting with the blockchain. This scenario is no longer a distant promise, but a reality. In the space of a few weeks, two young fintechs, Bleap and Deblock, have embedded the most advanced
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Depositing euros on a mobile app and collecting interest in stablecoins, without ever having the impression of interacting with the blockchain. This scenario is no longer a distant promise, but a reality. In the space of a few weeks, two young fintechs, Bleap and Deblock, have embedded the most advanced
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EtherFi is clearly stating its intentions: to build a bank designed natively for decentralised finance. Behind this formula, a central question arises: what exactly does this ambition encompass, and what are the concrete steps to achieve it? To understand EtherFi's positioning, we need to look at its business