Blockchain.com has launched in Ghana after reporting more than 700% brokerage transaction growth in Nigeria. The company said Ghana also showed strong organic growth, with active users up 140% and transaction volume rising 80% over the past year.
Nigeria's Senate has passed the 2026 Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulation Bill for second reading, proposing licensing, compliance, and AML rules for crypto operators. A committee report is due in four weeks.
A joint operation by Ghana's EOCO, UK NCA, Europol, and OKX seized 119.4 BTC, 93 ETH, and 2.85M USDT worth $15.1 million from a crypto investment scam, with proceeds liquidated for victim restitution.
Ghana’s SEC has approved 11 crypto trading platforms for a regulatory sandbox. The source article ties that development to Pepeto’s presale, product rollout claims, and approaching exchange listings.
Oobit, backed by Tether, launches instant crypto-to-fiat transfers to global bank accounts via DTR's local rails (ACH, SEPA, SPEI), supporting BTC, ETH, USDT and more with near-zero fees on some routes.
Zimbabwe’s first dedicated crypto law, S.I. 99 of 2026, is now in force. Exchanges, wallet providers, custodians, and some smart-contract-linked entities must register annually or face criminal liability.
On March 10, total crypto market cap rose to $2.43T, with BTC up 3.76% to $69,006. Hyperliquid (HYPE) gained 11.95%, Block Street (BSB) surged 20.07%, but the Fear & Greed Index remains at 13 (extreme fear). Oil prices plunged over 13% after Trump's remarks.
Arc, the stablecoin-native blockchain backed by Circle, remains in public testnet, with its mainnet beta targeted for summer 2026. While the chain is not yet open to the public, project activity has already picked up across X, especially in categories with lower participation barriers such as NFTs, launchpads and meme projects. Third-party directory ArcLens has listed 308 projects that claim to be building on Arc. The current ecosystem is split between a small group of teams with disclosed operating metrics and a much larger set of early-stage community projects. Circle’s first 2026 Developer Grant cohort includes eight payment infrastructure teams focused on Africa and the Global South, several of which have reported transaction volumes, wallet counts, user numbers and retail adoption data. Arc’s official ecosystem page also shows more than 100 verified partners, including major financial institutions and crypto-native infrastructure providers. At the same time, community attention has formed around a handful of testnet-facing DEX, launchpad, NFT, AI and meme projects. The report also highlights a growing security risk: third-party sites falsely claiming Arc mainnet is live and asking users to bridge USDC. Arc contributors say the mainnet chain infrastructure exists internally, but it has not been opened to the public.
