BitcoinKE – Reporting on Fintech, Crypto, and Blockchain Activity in Africa

Crypto custodian, BitGo, reported third-quarter revenue of $2.85 billion, down 50.9% from a year earlier and 34.1% from the previous quarter, as weaker digital asset sales and a shift toward lower-margin stablecoin transactions weighed on its business.

Revenue after direct costs fell 32.1% year-on-year to $37.3 million, while the company recorded an operating loss of $...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Kenya to require cryptocurrency service providers to collect, verify, and share customer identification information with receiving platforms and the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) strengthening controls against money laundering and terrorism financing.

The proposal seeks to address a gap in Kenya’s implementation of...

PNC Bank, the 8th largest bank in the United States by assets, is partnering with Coinbase to allow corporate and institutional clients to receive Circle’s USDC stablecoin and automatically convert it into U.S. dollar bank deposits.

The pilot uses Coinbase’s payment infrastructure to accept USDC on Ethereum, convert it at a 1:1 rate and deposit the funds into designate...

Sierra Leone and Kenya have signed Statements of Intent with cross-border technology and media firm, The Akuna Group at CHOGM 2026 to launch the Commonwealth Creative Economy Partnership aimed at connecting regional creators with skills, funding, and international markets.

The initiative comes as Akuna expands its digital finance footprint across West Africa.

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Apple, Meta, and Palantir have joined the growing list of companies opposing plans by crypto exchange, OKX, and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), to trade tokenized versions of their shares bringing disclosed objections to 67.

The objections now include 56 of the 62 companies initially selected by OKX-ICE, representing about 90% of its proposed stock lineup.

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