Author: Elan

Over the weekend, Coinbase shuffled nearly 800,000 BTC, roughly $69.5 billion at prevailing prices, between its own wallets, describing it as a scheduled internal migration.On-chain alert bots registered the movement as a historic spike in spent outputs, triggering headlines about 4% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply suddenly “moving” and speculation that a massive liquidation was underway.For retail traders watching raw transaction volume without entity attribution, the tape looked apocalyptic.For anyone who understood what was happening, it was routine custody housekeeping: Coinbase was consolidating unspent transaction outputs, rotating keys, and preparing wallet clusters for proof-of-reserve snapshots.These are all best practices for large…

Power in Slim: TECNO Launches the Spark Slim GloballySleek, Smart, and Strong: TECNO Unveils the World’s Slimmest 3D Curved AI Smartphone TECNO has officially taken the global stage with the launch of the SPARK Slim, a smartphone that redefines the intersection of style, intelligence, and resilience. Purposefully crafted for users who expect sophistication and cutting-edge performance in a beautifully refined package, the SPARK Slim delivers a flagship-level experience at an accessible price point. At an astonishing 5.93mm, the SPARK Slim stands as the world’s slimmest 3D-curved AI smartphone, a true feat of engineering precision. Its ultra-thin silhouette is complemented by…

Spotify will soon increase its prices in the U.S. The music streaming service had previously increased its Premium subscription’s price in the U.S. in June 2024. Spotify had announced a price increase for its Premium plan a few months ago, in several markets across South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. The price differs from region-to-region, for example, it jumped from €10.99 to €11.99 in Europe. As for why the prices are climbing, the Financial Times (via 9to5Mac) reports that Spotify and Apple are under pressure from major record labels to hike their subscription…

Karim Badr** For the best experience, download the free Africa Private Equity News app Android | iOS **CI Capital PE for Fund Management and Investment (CIPE), a subsidiary of CI Capital Holding, has appointed Karim Badr as its chief executive. The move forms part of the Egyptian financial services group’s effort to expand its presence in non-traditional asset classes, including private equity and closed-ended fund management.“The appointment of Karim Badr as CEO, private equity marks a natural progression in CI Capital’s growth journey and a pivotal step in expanding our presence in the region’s private markets. CI Capital boasts one…

Opinion, by Louis Strydom, Director of Growth and Development for Africa and Europe at Wärtsilä Energy Lean Carbon, Just Power Why a small, temporary rise in African carbon emissions is justified to reach the continent’s urgent electrification needs Africa holds 17% of the world’s people yet produces roughly 4% of global CO₂. On a per-capita basis it emits about one ton a year, the lowest of any continent. Africa also contains the world’s largest pocket of energy poverty. The question that matters is not whether to cut carbon, but how much temporary pollution is tolerable on the way to energy prosperity, and…

Nigeria’s startup ecosystem has long been the powerhouse of African tech by attracting significant capital despite macroeconomic headwinds. After raising an estimated $520 million in equity funding in 2024, the nation successfully reclaimed its position as the continent’s top VC destination. The continued momentum is largely driven by a highly focused group of venture capital firms, both local and international, which are placing strategic bets on startups tackling critical challenges in sectors such as fintech, logistics, and agriculture Nigeria’s startup ecosystem has long been the powerhouse of African tech by attracting significant capital despite macroeconomic headwinds. After raising an…

Blockchain is being pulled between traditional finance and its decentralized ethos as the industry shifts to serve institutional products.Zac Williamson, CEO of Aztec Labs, said early decentralized governance failures shifted blockchain’s trajectory away from community coordination.“There is a real risk that blockchain just becomes a slightly more efficient settlement layer than Visa or Mastercard,” he told Cointelegraph. “If we lose the social coordination side of this, then the entire point of the technology gets hollowed out.”Williamson entered the blockchain field from an academic background. He left particle physics for software engineering, and in 2017, a contact connected through his brother…

Everyone makes mistakes on their first PC build. Most are harmless. Some, however, can kill parts, corrupt drives, or cost you days of troubleshooting. I’ve made a huge number of mistakes over the years while learning how to build PCs. Thankfully, I’ve never fully killed one of my machines before booting, but I’ve definitely come close a few times. Now, not all of these problems are truly catastrophic. However, they can be an absolute pain to recover from and can cause damage to your hardware in specific cases. So, it’s best to avoid making 8 Forcing the CPU into the…

In brief 80% of Solana’s circulating supply is held at a loss, raising the risk of a panic-selling cascade. A drop below $124.40 could liquidate $239 million in SOL long positions. Despite the pressure, spot Solana ETFs have attracted $719M in inflows since launch, with no outflows. Solana, like other major altcoins, continues to buckle under pressure due to the sustained crypto market selloff.Nearly 80% of Solana’s circulating supply is now in loss, according to a Sunday tweet from on-chain market intelligence platform Glassnode—underscoring “how top-heavy the market structure had become before the recent contraction,” the firm’s analysts noted.“When most…

There are times when you may want to keep the audio from a video for a future project, use it as a ringtone, or for any personal reason you can think of. While this often requires a third-party app, website, or secondary device, you don’t actually need one to extract audio. Using the Shortcuts app on your iPhone, you can easily create a sequence of actions to extract audio with a single tap. Here’s how to set it up and use it. Since we’ll be using the Shortcuts app to extract the audio, make sure it’s installed on your iPhone.…