A Japanese Bitcoin treasury firm, Metaplanet, has issued JPY 2 billion (approximately $13.4 million) in 0% bonds to fund additional Bitcoin purchases, adding to its existing BTC reserves. The BTC treasury firm announced this on its X handle (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, February 27, 2025, marking its latest move in a series of purchases that … Read more
Co-founder and former CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao (popularly known as CZ), has alleged that a Philippine-based local cryptocurrency operator is behind Binance’s inability to operate in the country. CZ, who did not mention the specific rival, made the accusation on Wednesday while responding to a Filipino crypto trader, @Kenneth_TCG, who asked: “Will you be … Read more
Controversial American rapper and record producer Kanye West, popularly known as Ye, has hinted at plans to launch a new cryptocurrency called YZY tokens. His announcement comes just days after he dismissed memecoins as “useless” in a now-deleted tweet on X. Though he hasn’t revealed an official launch date, he disclosed that the new memecoin … Read more
The dreaded North Korean cyberattacker, Lazarus Group, has been identified as the mastermind behind the theft of over $1.4 billion in ETH from the Bybit crypto wallet on February 21, 2025, just hours after the launch of Pi Coin. The hack, one of the largest in crypto history, caused panic among Bybit users, leading to … Read more
The CEO of Bybit crypto exchange Ben Zhou may have dampened the frenzy around the newly listed crypto Pi Coin following his tweet that that the coin is a scam. Zhou stated this a few hours after the long-awaited Pi Network mainnet was launched on Thursday, February 20, 2025 Over 10 crypto exchanges listed Pi … Read more
Former payroll manager at Bybit, Ho Kai Xin, will serve 119 months (nine years and 11 months) in prison after being found guilty of embezzling approximately $4.2 million from the crypto exchange’s account. According to court documents, she began the fraud in May 2022, stealing 117,000 Singapore Dollars (SGD), or $87,417 USD, from Wechain, the … Read more
Barely a year after Dangote Petroleum Refinery commenced operations, its founder Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s net worth has risen from $13.4bn to $23.9bn. This increase in wealth has catapulted him to the 86th wealthiest man in the world. Previously in 2024, the financial media giant Forbes ranked him 114th. Thanks to his 92.3% stake in the … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Nigeria’s former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, as the Board Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA). The announcement was made on January 24, 2025. Prof. Akinyemi, who served as External Affairs Minister under the military regime of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida from 1985 to 1987, is … Read more
The self-proclaimed Deputy Prime Minister of the outlawed United States of Biafran Government in Exile, Ngozi Orabueze, has announced the recruitment of agitators into the Biafran security forces. Ngozi, who serves as deputy to Simon Ekpa, the Finland-based self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the United States of Biafran Government in Exile, made this announcement on December … Read more
The former governor of Delta State, Mr. Ifeanyi Okowa, was arrested on Monday by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged diversion of the 13% derivation fund from the federation account to the state, amounting to N1.3 trillion. Okowa served as governor of the oil-producing state from 2015 to 2023. … Read more