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Africa stands at a crossroads: harness cryptocurrency’s $4-trillion potential for sovereignty and growth or risk financial instability and exclusion.
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Cryptocurrencies News
The cryptocurrency paradigm was heralded by the launch of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2008, inspiring a new technological and social movement. The goal of cryptocurrencies is to provide a medium for global, peer-to-peer transaction settlement that preserves privacy and financial security.
A cryptocurrency monetary policy is enforced through a unique blend of software, cryptography and financial incentives rather than the whim of trusted third parties such as central banks, corporations or governments. Cryptocurrencies are powered by cryptographically secure, verifiable transaction databases called blockchains, which provide their security and transparency.
A cryptocurrency network consists of a global community of stakeholders, including the validators that secure the network while adding transactions to the blockchain, the traders who speculate on these radically market-driven assets, and the builders working to onboard people to this new financial paradigm.
At Cointelegraph, we are chronicling the ongoing story of cryptocurrency and the rise of a borderless, permissionless financial system. How will industry stakeholders work to make crypto a mainstay in people’s lives? How will crypto investments change the paradigm of the current financial system? And will incumbent and legacy systems accept or fight this change?
Stay tuned: Cryptocurrencies are going to play a big role heading into the future.
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Strategy reported $3.9 billion in unrealized Bitcoin gains for Q3 2025, but Michael Saylor broke tradition by skipping a buy at a new all-time high.
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Standard Chartered forecasts more than $1 trillion may exit emerging market banks and flow into stablecoins in the next three years as crypto adoption grows.
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Crypto ETPs posted a record $5.95 billion of inflows last week, with Bitcoin leading the gains, recording a record $3.6 billion in inflows amid concerns about a US government shutdown.
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Originally developed under the name Fierce, GalaxyOne is designed for individual investors seeking exposure to both TradFi and digital markets.
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Japan’s new prime minister may drive a renewed wave of risk appetite among Japanese crypto investors, industry watchers told Cointelegraph.
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Vietnam’s crypto pilot gets no takers, with steep capital rules and bans on stablecoins and tokenized securities limiting interest.
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Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.
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Onchain dynamics point to a renewed accumulation phase that may see Bitcoin’s price surpass $150,000 before the end of 2025, market analysts told Cointelegraph.
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Global aging and rising wealth could boost demand for assets like Bitcoin, with the Fed projecting stronger investment growth through 2100.
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Venezuela turns to USDT as hyperinflation bites, with merchants pegging prices to Binance P2P dollar rates.
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The trader bagged nearly $2 million in profit by investing in the “4” memecoin shortly after Zhao’s social media post following a BNB Chain phishing incident.
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In Nairobi and Lagos, stablecoins like USDT and USDC help people fight inflation, cut costly remittances and move money through mobile wallets such as M-Pesa.
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The $300 billion record stablecoin supply may act as “rocket fuel” for the crypto market, while signaling a growing integration with global finance, industry watchers told Cointelegraph.
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Sam Bankman-Fried claimed that handing over FTX to its current CEO was the “single biggest mistake” that prevented him from saving the exchange.
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