BitKE has been nominated for the prestigious 'The 2025 Blockchain 100' by Binance - Crypto Press vertical.

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PRESS RELEASE | Zepz Launches The Sendwave Wallet, a Stablecoin-Backed Cross-Border Money Solution

Zepz was founded in 2010 by Somali refugee and entrepreneur, Ismail Ahmed, who was frustrated at the high transaction fees to send money to his family in East Africa. The firm became the UK’s first black-founded fintech company to be valued at $1 billion and reached full-year profitability in 2022.

Key Takeaways:

* The Sendwave Wallet is a globally accessible, stablecoin-backed wallet available across more than 100 countries.

* Built on trusted stablecoin infrastructure from Circle, Solana, and Portal

* The wallet gives Sendwave customers more control over their money enabling them send money in seconds within the Sendwave network.

https://bitcoinke.io/2025/10/zepz-launches-sendwave-stablecoin-wallet/

BitKE has been nominated for the Top 100 Web3, Crypto Content Creators Awards.

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Slow and steady, we’ve just crossed $200M+ in TPV at Block Radar
.
Just the beginning.


Abdulfatai 🇳🇬 | CEO, Blockradar


[RELATED] Nigeria’s Blockradar Wins Crypto Valley Global Conference 2025 Pitch Competition with Stablecoin Infrastructure for Emerging Markets
https://bitcoinke.io/2025/06/blockradar-wins-2025-crypto-valley-conference/

BitKE has been nominated for the Top 100 Web3, Crypto Content Creators Award.

Vote for BitKE and help us out put Africa on the global stage.

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THE KENYA CRYPTO ACT |

The Kenya Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2025 provides for the legal framework to license and regulate the activities of VASPs in Kenya.

The Central Bank of Kenya and the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya have been designated as the joint regulators of the sector.

The regulation includes AML/CFT governance and reporting requirements for all licensed entities.
The Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2025 (the Act) came into force following presidential assent on 15 October 2025, marking a crucial evolution in Kenya’s regulatory approach to virtual assets. The Act departs from the position established in 2015 by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) in its Banking Circular, which advised that virtual currencies were unregulated, not legal tender, and cautioned financial institutions against transacting with entities dealing in such currencies. 

* Date of Commencement: November 4, 2025
* Read or Download here: https://shorturl.at/zD4BP

PROJECT SPOTLIGHT | Circle Spotlights EdenFi’s Localized Execution Across Nigeria 🇳🇬, Kenya 🇰🇪, and South Africa 🇿🇦 with USDC

EdenFi’s smart wallet removes the barriers that have long kept people from accessing blockchain-based finance. With features like social logins, gas abstraction, and EdenFi tags, users can open a wallet in seconds – no seed phrases, no crypto jargon, no technical hurdles. Once inside, they can hold, send, and withdraw USDC directly into local currencies such as:

* Nigerian Naira
* Kenyan Shillings
* South African Rand
* Ghanaian Cedi (Coming Soon)

EdenFi, which is Built on Base, is part of the Circle Payments Network.

https://bitcoinke.io/2025/10/circle-spotlights-edenfi-in-africa/

“No offence to my African brothers. The real tech capital of Africa, is Nigeria 🇳🇬 …”

The level of innovation, the Founder hustle, the market size of Nigeria , technically validates every tech opportunity that is on the continent.

If you're really building for Africa, you cannot ignore the Nigerian market at all.

No offense to my Kenyan 🇰🇪 brothers, the real tech Savannah is in Lagos 🇳🇬 , not Nairobi [Kenya]."

- Humphrey, Founder, MyStocks Africa

[WATCH]: https://x.com/SemudaraAbayomi/status/1984925709580599684


[RELATED] REPORT | Nigeria Has the 3rd Largest Share of New Web3 Developers Globally in 2025, Says Latest Electric Capital Report
https://bitcoinke.io/2025/10/nigeria-has-3rd-largest-share-of-new-web3-developers-globally/

*INTRODUCING 🇰🇪 | The Kenya Digital Assets Industry Launches the Virtual Assets Association of Kenya (VAAK)*

The Kenya virtual assets industry has taken a major step forward with *the formal establishment of the Virtual Assets Association of Kenya (VAAK),* a non-political, non-profit body formed to promote responsible growth, professionalism, and innovation across the digital asset ecosystem.

The Association *comes into effect following the implementation of the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2025* (Act No. 20 of 2025).

VAAK *seeks to champion collaboration, transparency, and responsible innovation* , ensuring that this sector grows in a way that protects consumers, empowers businesses, and positions Kenya as a continental leader.

Details: https://bitcoinke.io/2025/11/introducing-the-kenya-virtual-assets-association/

FUNDING | MyStocks.Exchange Receives Strategic Grant from Coinbase, Base Ecosystem Following the 2025 Base Africa Founders Fellowship Program Participation

The initiative positions Mystocks to pilot compliant tokenized instruments, strengthen its technology stack and collaborate with regional partners as Africa moves toward more open and efficient capital markets.

BitKE spoke to Kebaya Mwamba, the CEO of MyStocks.Exchange, to understand the product and what problem it seeks to solve.

Just fresh out of the 2025 Africa Base Founders Fellowship program, Kebaya explained what it took to build the platform and future plans.

https://bitcoinke.io/2025/11/mystocks-exchange-receives-strategic-grant-from-coinbase-base-ecosystem/

PRESS RELEASE 🇿🇦 | FSCA-Regulated Infra Startup, Ezeebit, Raises $2 Million Seed to Scale Stablecoin and Crypto Payment Infrastructure Across Africa

Ezeebit stands out as an FSCA-regulated, Africa-first stablecoin payment infrastructure, a compliant Financial Services Provider (FSP) as well as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP).

The round included prominent industry names such as former head of Fintech at VISA, Co-Founder of BVNK, former GM of Expansion at Revolut, and CEO of Talos.

Ezeebit is wallet agnostic. This benefits users by giving them the freedom to use their preferred wallets.

https://bitcoinke.io/2025/12/ezeebit-raises-funding/

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 🇳🇬 | Luno Partners with AltSchool Africa to Launch Crypto Education Programme for 15,000 Nigerians

Beginning in March 2026 and running through the year, the program will be led by Web3 expert, Abdulsamad Tiamiyu, and will provide a practical, Africa-focused introduction to cryptocurrency, showing how it can be used for saving, remittances, global trading, and entrepreneurship.

The curriculum consists of five core modules and is designed to be completed within three to four weeks. Learners benefit from up to one year of access to all course materials, including online, self-paced video lessons, slides, quizzes, and case studies.

See details including the application details below:

https://bitcoinke.io/2025/12/luno-partners-with-altschool-africa/

2025 RECAP |

Africa-Founded #Stablecoin Startup, #Blockradar, Crosses $300 Million in Transaction Volume With ~100,000 Wallets Created in 2025

After exiting private beta in March 2025, the company quickly scaled to support over 100 #fintechs across #Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

Throughout 2025, Blockradar has reached several major operational and strategic #milestones.

See more: https://bitcoinke.io/2025/12/blockradar-in-2025/

STABLECOINS | How Sora Financial Technologies (SFx) is Using USDC to Modernize Remittances Between Africa and Turkey

The Congolese expat community in Cyprus has traditionally relied on a global remittance provider to send and receive money to and from the Democratic Republic of Congo – a process that can take up to 48 hours and require visits to physical locations. Now, with SFx, folks have cut transfer times down to minutes with no bank account required.

“SFx is a powerful example of what inclusive innovation looks like,” said Elisabeth Carpenter, Chief Strategic Engagement Officer at Circle.

SFx is a member of the Circle Alliance Program (CAP), a selected group of businesses building with Circle
.
https://bitcoinke.io/2025/12/how-sfx-is-using-usdc-for-diaspora-remittances/

Happy 2026!

2025 RECAP | Leading Stablecoin Company, Tether, Among the Top 5 Largest Bitcoin Holders in 2025

Tether’s strategy of allocating a portion of its operating profits - up to 15 % per quarter - toward Bitcoin accumulation reflects a broader trend of corporate and institutional holders stacking BTC as a strategic reserve asset.

Tether’s Bitcoin accumulation underscores two key market dynamics in 2025.

See details: https://bitcoinke.io/2026/01/tether-among-leading-bitcoin-holders-in-2025/

The Lack of Vision in Web3 in Africa |

"Founders need to understand that we're building to get successful products. We're not building to raise funds and squander . . . We're not building just for community.

We're building successful products that can become evidence and that can open doors for the next generation."

Damilare, West Africa Lead, Coinbase, Base


See full interview thread | https://x.com/BitcoinKE/status/2005855377439473713

Happy 2026 |

NESTERLIFY Offering Discount Rates for Anyone Booking to Attend the Africa Tech Summit (ATS) Nairobi 2026 | 🇰🇪


NESTERLIFY just launched their Travel booking platform, and will be offering discount prices for all those booking via their platform to this incredible event in Nairobi.

NESTERLIFY offers the lowest prices on all its services Including Flights, hotels, cars, vacations, tracking etc.

Start booking with NESTERLIFY today!!

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#Nesterlify is powered by #BinancePay and Crypto #GatePay and sponsored by #Tether, IATA, #TripAdvisor, and #WeChat Pay


NB:
ATS Link: https://www.africatechsummit.com/nairobi/register/

Use code: BitcoinKE10 to get 10% off tickets.

2026 OUTLOOK | Top 15 Web3 VCs in 2025 and How They’re Looking at 2026

Across the 15 investors, several consistent threads emerge:

✅ Infrastructure first: Foundational tech, scalable networks, custody, middleware remain priorities.

✅ Product over narrative: Execution, revenue, real users, adoption matter more than speculative narratives.

✅ Tokenization & RWAs: RWA tokenization, financial primitives are key growth areas.

✅ Regulatory awareness: Markets with clearer frameworks attract more investment.

✅ Global & cross-jurisdictional: Projects must be built across compliant regimes.

“The market will always be volatile. What matters is whether you are building something that still needs to exist five or ten years from now.” - CEO, Hashed, one of Asia's most established Web3 VC firm.

See details: https://bitcoinke.io/2026/01/web3-vcs-2026-outlook/

HAPPY 2026 | 🎇

The Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2026 is scheduled for February 11-12 2026.

Come meet teams and speakers from some of the leading fintech and crypto firms in Africa including:

* VALR (Leading South African crypto exchange)
* Cardano Foundation (Top 10 blockchain ecosystem globally)
* Bitnob (African Bitcoin and stablecoin payment infrastructure)
* Norrsken 22 (VC investing in African startups)
* Moniepoint (leading Nigerian fintech)
* International Trade Center
* London Stock Exchange
* Tala

among others

Use code: 'BitcoinKE10' to get 10% off tickets.

Link: https://www.africatechsummit.com/nairobi/register/