Global
Global: Portugal Proposes New Taxes on Crypto Transactions
Portugal wants to begin taxing digital currency gains on purchases held for less than a year, according to a proposal in the country’s ...
Global
Global: Crypto giant Coinbase gets Singapore licence
Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States, on Tuesday (Oct 11, 2022) said it has received approval from Singapore’s central bank ...
Global
Global: G20 to Review Crypto Regulation Framework This Week
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) submitted a framework to increase international transparency in crypto to the G20. Twenty participating member ...
Ghana
Ghana: GRA closes China Mall for refusing to fix electronic VAT system
The enforcement team of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has locked the Chinese retail shop, China Mall, and its warehouses on the Spintex ...
Global
Global: US Court Gives Elon Musk 22 Days Ultimatum to Close Twitter Deal
After the richest man in the world reversed his decision to cancel the acquisition transaction, Delaware’s Court of Chancery has set a deadline ...
Namibia
Namibia: Virtual Assets ‘Remain Without Legal Tender Status’ but Merchants Can Still Accept Them as Payment
The Bank of Namibia recently said it has brought virtual assets and virtual asset service providers under its fintech innovations regulatory framework, and ...
Ethopia
Ethiopia approves roll out of M-Pesa
Ethiopia has okayed Safaricom to introduce its popular mobile money service, M-Pesa, in the market of over 110 million people. The announcement was ...
Global
Global: Bank of England official says $1 trillion in pension fund investments could’ve been wiped out without intervention
A top Bank of England official confirmed for the first time that worries that a popular pension fund investment would collapse prompted the ...
Global
Global: Final Draft of EU Crypto Law Caps Stablecoin Transactions
The final text of the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) law creating a broad legal framework for digital assets including cryptocurrencies and stablecoins ...
Kenya
Kenya: CBK sued for billions after forcing sale of bank at Sh1
Former owners of Fidelity Bank are seeking Sh2.5 billion from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and Mauritian bank group SBM Holdings amid ...