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Last Updated: August 08, 2026 at 08:01 AM

Crypto Trading

Welcome to today’s Crypto Trading roundup 🚀. Here are the top stories shaping African and global crypto markets.

1. US court backs Bybit’s bid to trace funds from $1.5B North Korea hack
2. Donald Trump’s media company to terminate Crypto.com deal
3. Trump Media Abandons Crypto Treasury, Prediction Market Ventures
4. Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchanges It Says Laundered Millions for Iran
5. Trump Media and Crypto.com end partnerships as companies shift priorities
6. US sanctions two more Iranian crypto exchanges under ‘Economic Fury’ campaign
7. EU to Advance MiCA Review, Targeting Non-EU Stablecoin Rules
8. Saylor Says ‘Bitcoin Doesn’t Need CLARITY’ as Senate Delays Vote
9. CASE STUDY | Why Ownership Structure, Legal Baggage of this Major Exchange Scared Off Potential Buyers
10. STABLECOINS | Circle Expands USDC to OKX’s Layer 2
11. VET Price Stays Under Pressure as Bulls Remain Missing
12. LINK Price Risks Another Retest as Whale Selling Clouds Chainlink Outlook
13. XRP Flirts With Sub-$1 Territory as Clarity Act Fails in August: Is This the Ultimate Buying Zone?
14. 522 Billion Outflow on Shiba Inu (SHIB) in Last 24 Hours: Recovery Cancelled
15. Best Crypto Options Platforms (2026): Compare Fees & Liquidity – datawallet.com
16. US Treasury’s OFAC sanctions 2 Iran-linked crypto exchanges
17. Bitcoin Payment Service BTCPay Warns Critical Flaw Is Under Active Attack
18. SharpLink CEO warns EIP-8363 could kill ETH’s biggest advantage over Bitcoin
19. Lummis Warns US Crypto Rules Remain Broken as CLARITY Fight Stalls
20. CRYPTO CRIME | Russia Shuts Down 9 Crypto Exchanges Over Alleged Fraud Links

That’s it for today’s crypto highlights! Which trade setup caught your attention? Share in the comments below 💬

Forex Trading

Here’s your Forex & Global Economics daily digest 📊. Stay ahead of FX markets, macro trends, and African economic news.

1. 🇳🇬 Consumer goods giants spend N75 of every N100 earned as costs bite – Nairametrics
2. 🇳🇬 Naira holds firm at N1,367/$ as CBN keeps dollar in check – Nairametrics
3. 🇳🇬 Alert Microfinance grows assets 20-fold as inflation reshapes Nigeria’s banking landscape
4. 🇳🇬 ‘Weaker dollar to boost capital flows into emerging markets in H2’
5. 🇳🇬 A rebuilt palace and private art: Madagascar’s new cultural offering – African Business
6. 🇳🇬 Iran war fallout fails to halt African debt issuances – African Business
7. 🇳🇬 DOWNLOAD: Ruger returns with ‘Raw and Unfiltered Vol. 1’ EP
8. 🇳🇬 John Nwabueze: Tax ombudsman working with JRB, state governments to address multiple taxation issues
9. Take Five: Markets aren’t going on a summer holiday – Reuters
10. Dollar drops as weak US jobs data pushes out Fed hike expectations – Reuters
11. Passing the Clarity Act on digital assets is a matter of national security
12. Yen intervention illustrates the dangers of monetary experiments
13. Yen Surrenders Nearly Half Its Gains From US-Japan Intervention – Bloomberg.com
14. Yen Jumps 1% Against Dollar After US Jobs Data – Bloomberg.com
15. India’s IT sector is surviving artificial intelligence
16. Investors in Situational Awareness deserved to lose their shirts
17. Syria: World Bank Approves US$100 Million Grant for Financial Sector Modernization – World Bank Group
18. Disclosable Version of the ISR – Jordan People-Centric Digital Government Program for Results – P180291 – Sequence No : 5 (English) – World Bank Group
19. Stablecoins: Promise, Risks, and Policy Choices for Emerging Markets – International Monetary Fund | IMF
20. Call for Papers: Labor Markets and Structural Transformation in Times of Change: AI and Demographic Shifts – International Monetary Fund | IMF

That’s a wrap on forex and economics today 🌍. Which currency pair or macro trend are you watching?

Stock Trading

Today’s Stock Market update 📈. Catch the top movers across Nigerian, African, and global equities.

1. 🇳🇬 Consumer goods giants spend N75 of every N100 earned as costs bite
2. 🇳🇬 Otedola invests fresh N18.1 billion in First HoldCo, raises stake to 26.1%
3. 🇳🇬 How Bitcoin, stablecoins and NFTs will be taxed in Nigeria
4. 🇳🇬 First Holdco hits N150 per share as Otedola expands stake with N18bn
5. 🇳🇬 Nigeria in 1min: Economic, Business and Financial Market Headlines – 040826 – Proshare
6. 🇳🇬 Equities End Week Higher as Banking Stocks Lift NGXASI by 0.15%, NSI Up 0.44%; BDC Rate Closed Flat at N1,420/US$1 – Proshare
7. 🇳🇬 From Market Recovery to National Capital Formation: Building Nigeria’s Financing Engine – Proshare
8. Resignations trigger urgent review at embattled Seta – Business Day
9. Trump’s court losses leave taxpayers facing millions in legal fees – Moneyweb
10. RSG Geldsake met Moneyweb – Vrydag 7 Augustus 2026 – Moneyweb
11. Wall St Week Ahead: Inflation data to test record-setting US stocks, Fed rate views – Reuters
12. S&P closes at record high as soft jobs report eases rate-hike concerns – Reuters
13. Iran’s oil exports stall and Kharg Island idles under US blockade
14. Passing the Clarity Act on digital assets is a matter of national security
15. This Job Reports Has High Stakes for Investors – Bloomberg.com
16. Wall Street Risk Complex Surges Anew Amid Deluge of Fresh Cash – Bloomberg.com
17. Trump teased an Iran deal that didn’t come, but markets soared. Here’s why it keeps happening
18. Here are three key takeaways from the disappointing July jobs report
19. Ranked: The Most Expensive U.S. Cities for Raising a Child in 2026
20. Europe Was Once Bigger Than the U.S. Economy. What Happened?

That’s it for today’s stock market roundup! Which market do you think will rally next? 🚀

Online Business

Here’s today’s Online Business, Tech & AI roundup 💻. From African startups to global artificial intelligence trends.

1. 🇳🇬 IHS exits Latin America as MTN takeover moves closer
2. 🇳🇬 How Pause Point on Android 17 works and why it matters
3. 🇳🇬 Kenyans lose KSh 491 million to SIM hijack scams – Techpoint Africa
4. 🇳🇬 The AI skills employers are actually paying for – Techpoint Africa
5. 🇳🇬 When a viral video costs you your job: How social media is rewriting workplace policy in Nigeria
6. 🇳🇬 The Covenant University mafia produced fintech giants. Early Attoh went a different way
7. 🇳🇬 Can Technology Help Close the Gap in African Sport?
8. 🇳🇬 SA’s Tennsa raises funding from AI-focused pre-seed firm Oakvale Invest
9. 🇳🇬 Iran war fallout fails to halt African debt issuances – African Business
10. 🇳🇬 AUDA-NEPAD opens Country Office in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a ceremony presided by His Excellency Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo – African Business
11. OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
12. After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool
13. The Chinese Philosopher Americans Can’t Stop Fighting About
14. Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Tech Team Is What DOGE Should Have Been
15. The Download: a censorship conspiracy theory and the first virus created by AI
16. How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy
17. Europe’s free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires
18. Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500
19. Four AI agents coordinating in real time outperformed Claude Opus 4.8 on enterprise coding tasks
20. Stanford is running 37,000 AI agents as a virtual biotech — and one of its drug designs got independently confirmed by Merck

That’s all for tech and online business today 🚀. Which AI trend or startup caught your eye? Share below!

Agriculture

Your daily Agriculture & Agribusiness digest 🌱. From crops to livestock, here are today’s top updates across Africa.

1. 🇳🇬 Cheap imports are undercutting the oil palm business for Okomu Oil and Presco
2. 🇳🇬 SAPZ: FG targets $4.4 billion investment with 30.85% rate of return
3. 🇳🇬 The crop that feeds millions but earns Nigeria no FX value
4. 🇳🇬 ELRA, Heifer Nigeria seek to close farm equipment financing gap
5. 🇳🇬 agricultural challenge Archives – The Guardian Nigeria News
6. 🇳🇬 NANS, NAOSS hail Abiodun’s strides in education, roads, agriculture, industrialisation – The Guardian Nigeria News
7. 🇳🇬 Punch newspapers – Breaking News, Nigerian News & Top Stories – Punch Newspapers
8. 🇳🇬 Fayose inaugurated as chairman of Rural Electrification Agency – Punch Newspapers
9. 🇳🇬 Tanzania: TCB to Distribute 20 Million Improved Seedlings
10. 🇳🇬 Kenya: Wetang’ula Backs Farmers, Rejects Bid to Dilute Sugar Sector Reforms
11. 🇳🇬 Benue launches five-year strategic food security plan to boost agriculture, peace
12. 🇳🇬 Bandit attacks on Niger, Kaduna farming communities threaten food production
13. World food prices hit 3-year high in July as weather and war weigh, FAO says – Reuters
14. Indian July consumer inflation likely edged higher on food prices – Reuters
15. Iran’s oil exports stall and Kharg Island idles under US blockade
16. DR Congo launches probe into uranium-contaminated cobalt exports
17. FAO Food Price Index edges up amid weather, energy and geopolitical concerns – Food and Agriculture Organization
18. FAO Food Price Index edges higher in July on stronger crop prices – Food and Agriculture Organization
19. Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) – Chad – World Bank Open Data
20. Disclosable Version of the ISR – Pakistan: Resilient and Accessible Microfinance (RAM) Project – P181037 – Sequence No : 3 (English) – World Bank Group

That’s it for agriculture today 🚜. What sector excites you most — crops, livestock, or exports? 💬

Real Estate

Welcome to today’s Real Estate roundup 🏠. Stay updated on property, housing, and infrastructure news across Africa.

1. 🇳🇬 Europe is coming for the passports Nigerians spend millions to get – Nairametrics
2. 🇳🇬 Can EFCC freeze a state government account? This is what Lawyers have to say – Nairametrics
3. 🇳🇬 Mortgage banks want MREIF to accelerate sustainable housing finance delivery
4. 🇳🇬 Nigeria’s housing deficit: Why everyone is betting on wrong opportunity
5. 🇳🇬 EFCC hands over N125m to Lagos land fraud victim – The Guardian Nigeria News
6. 🇳🇬 Protecting geographical indications of Nigeria origin: ‘A proper national investment’ – The Guardian Nigeria News
7. 🇳🇬 I helped 10 pregnant women deliver babies bare-handed in captivity — Rescued Kwara nurse
8. 🇳🇬 Why Peter, Paul may never reconcile — Henry, P-Square’s eldest brother
9. 🇳🇬 Proposed Lagos State Rail Network Showing the Green Line Rail – Estate Intel
10. Property to rent in South Africa – Private Property
11. Townhouses to rent in Brighton Beach – Private Property
12. Singapore Billionaire Sues Brookfield for Allegedly Aborting Planned Real-Estate Joint Venture – WSJ
13. NYC’s Pied-à-Terre Owners Hunt for Creative Ways to Dodge New Tax – WSJ
14. Kids, flats and student loans: Why UK first-time buyers are getting older
15. London’s dejected housebuilders finally catch a break
16. Trump loses 21 straight court battles for state voter rolls as midterms near – Reuters
17. CATL’s Jianxiawo lithium mine remains closed pending environmental approval, state media reports – Reuters
18. 🇳🇬 NCAA opposes TSC allocation review, cites risks to aviation safety oversight in Nigeria – Nairametrics
19. 🇳🇬 Hidden cost of empty buildings: Reasons commercial properties remain vacant
20. 🇳🇬 Yobe Police nab five suspects over alleged vandalism, fraud – The Guardian Nigeria News

That’s the latest in real estate 🌍. Planning your next investment? Let’s talk in the comments 👇