News with the tag "Uganda"

Ugandan law enforcement has arrested Phineous Biira, a suspect in the abduction of crypto educator Festo Ivaibi on May 17. Suspect Has Criminal Record Ugandan law enforcement has arrested one of the suspects involved in the abduction crypto trader and educator Festo Ivaibi on May 17. The arrest occu...

In Uganda, a crypto founder was taken hostage, held at gunpoint, and told to send crypto worth $500,000 to his attackers. This is the latest attempt at kidnapping in the wave of crypto whale kidnappings. The founder of Mitroplus Labs, Festo Ivaibi, was kidnapped on May 17 near his home on Bunamwaya ...

Crypto exchange Binance has launched its One Click Buy and Sell (OCBS) service in Africa, enabling users in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia to buy and sell cryptocurrencies via mobile money accounts. This initiative aims to enhance financial inclusion, particularly for the unbanked and underbank...

Uganda is aiming to return to the gold standard at some extent with a purchase proposal that seeks to amass more gold to back its fiat currency, the Ugandan shilling. The Central Bank of Uganda will purchase gold from artisanal miners to support their activities and reduce raw gold imports. Uganda E...

Solana-based meme coin ‘Water’ rose as much as 360% on Monday after the Instagram account of football star Lionel Messi posted a picture promoting the token. The price of ‘Water’ soared from $0.00031 to $0.00147 after the post but has since pared most of those gains, as of writing. Also read: $TEA p...

N-PIK is an online gambling platform that utilizes its own PIK token, PLYP token to enable players to join raffles, as well as a comprehensive token-based economy to allow players to bet, wager, and win in the best games of skill and chance. The ecosystem’s platforms are already licensed in Uganda a...

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem is heating up with a massive capital inflow. Most cryptocurrencies are experiencing price surges while … Continued The post Total value locked in DeFi surpasses multiple countries’ GDP appeared first on Finbold .

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The Bitcoin community helped Uganda’s Brindon Mwiine travel to BTC Prague after winning tickets for his adoption efforts in East Africa.

A Judge of a High Court in Uganda recently dismissed an application which sought to quash a Bank of Uganda directive that barred licensed entities and individuals from facilitating crypto transactions. In his ruling, Justice Musa Ssekaana insisted that the central bank’s crypto prohibition does not ...