BitKE

Reporting on #Bitcoin, crypto, and blockchain activity in Africa.

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REGULATION 🇰🇪 | Binance Reportedly Freezing P2P User Accounts in Kenya at the Request of Law Enforcement

Under the hashtag, #BinanceUnmasked, a number of users have complained that their @binance accounts have been frozen at the request of law enforcement. The law enforcement Government agency name has been identified as @DCI_Kenya under the @NPSOfficial_KE.

Users have complained that the #lack of #openness from #Binance and #freezes that #lock them out of their funds without an explanation to the problem.

See details: https://t.co/crPaqhZjcg

@BinanceAfrica #BinanceP2P #BinanceKE

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

MARKET ANALYSI | ~ 50,000 Bitcoins Moved to Exchanges at a Loss

Around 9,500 #BTC of those transfers were sent to Binance, the highest daily reading for the exchange this month.

https://t.co/DI8odd44EB

bitcoin:native

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

BANKING 🇨🇳 | Bank of China Approves a Yuan Clearing Hub Across 19 Africa Markets

The approval from the People's Bank of China gives businesses and financial institutions across much of Africa direct access to China's domestic financial infrastructure, allowing cross-border transactions to be settled in #Renminbi without relying on intermediary currencies such as the U.S. dollar.

https://t.co/gis3jXNN3V

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

FUNDING 🇳🇬 | Nigerian Stablecoin Startup, Daya, Raises Over $2 Million From Aptos Foundation

The raise reflects a broader shift in African fintech, where startups are increasingly leveraging stablecoins to modernize international payments and treasury operations rather than focusing solely on consumer crypto services.

https://t.co/L4Lc6LFIiI

#Stablecoins @Aptos

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

REGULATION 🇸🇬 | Singapore Adds Decentralized Exchange, Hyperliquid, on its INVESTOR ALERT LIST

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) added @HyperliquidX to the public warning list on June 26 2026 cautioning investors that entities appearing on the register may be perceived as licensed or regulated when they are not.

The list is intended as a consumer protection measure and does not constitute an enforcement action or a finding of legal wrongdoing.

The list is intended as a consumer protection measure and does not constitute an enforcement action or a finding of legal wrongdoing.

https://t.co/MddEqcV6n3

#CryptoSingapore #CryptoRegulationSingapore #Singapore #HyperliquidSingapore #InvestorAlertList #CryptoWarningSingapore

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

REGULATION 🇪🇺 | Binance to Suspend Services Across European Union After Missing MiCA Licensing Deadline

Without a license, exchanges cannot legally continue serving EU customers after the transition period expires.

https://t.co/HUYu82zMHN

@europeanunion @binance

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

REGULATION 🇦🇺 | Australia Offers 3-Month Transitional Extension for its Most Comprehensive Crypto Regulatory Frameworks

The regulator said it has received about 30 license applications from digital asset businesses since the updated guidance took effect but acknowledged the industry needed additional time to complete the transition.

ASIC has cautioned that firms obtaining licences under the current framework may still need to secure additional authorisations once the Digital Asset Framework becomes operational underscoring that the current relief is intended as a transitional measure rather than a relaxation of oversight.

https://t.co/tOjaDv2El2

#CryptoRegulationAustralia #CryptoAustralia #CryptoAUS #ComplianceAUS

@ASICSaustralia

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

INSTITUTIONAL 🇨🇭 | Swiss Banking Giant Successfully Tests Compliance Controls on the Ethereum Infrastructure Layer

The Proofs of Concept by the bank demonstrated that compliance, governance, and security can be enforced through independently verifiable infrastructure layers, a design increasingly viewed as essential as blockchain networks and AI systems become core components of institutional financial markets.

https://t.co/BzWls4gxI2

@UBS @Nethermind @ethereum @VitalikButerin #InstitutionalCrypto

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

EXPERT OPINION | Google and Meta Researchers Recommend AI Agentic Security Be Enforced at the Infrastructure Layer

Companies including @Google, @Meta, @Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services (@awscloud) are investing heavily in AI agents for enterprise and consumer applications.

Their researchers said the industry’s current approach mirrors early cybersecurity mistakes in computing where systems trusted components that later proved exploitable.

The researchers have proposed a framework that would treat AI models as inherently unreliable and enforce security guarantees at the infrastructure layer instead.

Details: https://t.co/SYWpHE6NH8

#AgenticCommerce #AgenticAI

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

@Web3flux Is Kenya Becoming a Crime Scene for Web3 Funding in Africa?
https://t.co/1HhxoFUnTF

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

REALITY CHECK | This ‘Big 4’ Crypto Custodian and Infrastructure Company Lays Off Workforce as AI Reshapes Sector

Crypto custody and infrastructure provider, @BitGo, has laid off nearly 15% of its workforce as the newly public company reallocates resources toward

artificial intelligence (#AI),
#stablecoins, and
#institutional financial infrastructure,

becoming the latest digital asset firm to cite AI as a driver of corporate restructuring.

Unlike the crypto layoffs of 2022 and 2023, which were largely triggered by collapsing token prices and bankruptcies, many firms are restructuring to redirect capital toward AI capabilities they see as essential for the next generation of financial infrastructure.

https://t.co/FMqsxrouDj

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

REALITY CHECK | One of Ethereum’s Leading Networks Suffers Outage

The outage comes as Base has become one of Ethereum's most important scaling networks processing millions of low-cost transactions for decentralized finance, stablecoin transfers, consumer applications, and Coinbase's expanding on-chain services.

By contrast, @solana has operated with significantly improved reliability, avoiding the prolonged chain-wide failures that previously drew criticism despite handling sustained periods of high transaction volumes.

https://t.co/skxlXG55PH

@ethereum @base

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

INSTITUTIONAL 🇺🇸 | Another Giant Asset Manager Files for a Tokenized Fund Targeting the Stablecoin Reserve Market

The proposed Invesco Stablecoin Reserves Onchain Fund would issue fund shares directly on public blockchains while investing in

#cash,
short-term U.S. #Treasuries and
overnight repurchase #agreements backed by Treasuries,

the types of highly liquid assets commonly used to back dollar-pegged #stablecoins.

https://t.co/txRxeagFS3

@InvescoUS #GENIUSAct

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26.06.26

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MILESTONE | Over Half of All Bitcoins in Circulation in Unrealized Loss, the Highest on Record

Bitcoin’s brutal 2026 downturn has pushed a record 10.83 million BTC into unrealized losses, underscoring the scale of investor pain as the cryptocurrency struggles to hold above key long-term support levels.

The figure marks the highest amount of Bitcoin supply ever held below its acquisition price.

Details: https://t.co/aP0Q7pgvRV

bitcoin:native #Bitcoin

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

REGULATION IN EUROPE | 🇪🇺

@coinbase,
@okx,
@krakenfx,
@Bybit_Official ,
@BitGo, and
@eToro

have ALL secured #MiCA authorizations.

https://t.co/OLv3WhMcNE

#CryptoEU #CryptoRegulationEU #CryptoEurope

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

INSIGHTS | How Whale Liquidations Are Emerging as Crypto’s New Trading Signal

A number of high-profile liquidations over the past year have attracted significant attention from traders who watched liquidation levels become focal points for short-term price action.

Rather than reacting after liquidations occur, market participants are increasingly positioning ahead of these events.

Details: https://t.co/f1togaqVBW

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

Whale Graveyards are Becoming Market Sentiments

The most useful signal may not be the liquidation itself, but what it reveals about broader market positioning.

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Polymarket Expands to Telegram Through TON Integration in Bid for Mainstream Adoption

The integration marks Polymarket's latest effort to expand beyond its traditional crypto-native user base and tap into Telegram's nearly one billion users as competition intensifies among blockchain networks seeking mainstream consumer adoption.

https://t.co/DhGDxpSOWG

@Polymarket @ton_blockchain @telegram #PredictionMarkets

[BitKE @BitcoinKE]

MARKET ANALYSIS | This Prediction Markets Valuation Hits $40 Billion Leveraging Compliance Over Competitors

@Kalshi has emerged as the dominant regulated player in the prediction markets sector.

The company, which operates under oversight from the U.S.CFTC, reported that annualized trading volume grew from $52 billion to $178 billion over the past six months, while institutional trading activity increased eightfold.

Industry estimates place Kalshi's monthly trading volume at roughly $17 billion, up from about $5 billion a year earlier.

#CryptoCompliance #PredictionMarkets