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Gambaryan in his cell in Kuje Prison, filling out an absentee ballot for the November 2024 election. (He obtained the mosquito net only after contracting malaria and subsequent bacterial lung infections.) Photograph: Courtesy of Tigran Gambaryan

Untold story of Binance executive’s descent into Nigerian prison (Part V)

February 11, 2025

Binance Executive Gambaryan’s Ordeal in Nigerian Detention Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan faced a harrowing ordeal in Nigerian detention, enduring solitary ...

Left: Gambaryan and Anjarwalla in the government guesthouse where they were held. Gambaryan is pointing to a surveillance camera in the house's living room. Right: Gambaryan's view from the guesthouse's couch, where he spent weeks killing time, often watching pirated television episodes with the government officials who were assigned to be his minders. Photographs: Courtesy of Tigran Gambaryan

Crime

Untold story of Binance executive’s descent into Nigerian prison (Part IV)

by Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

February 10, 2025

Binance Executive’s Nigerian Ordeal: Detention, Demands, and a Daring Escape Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan found himself in a nightmarish standoff ...

Business

US prosecutors charge crypto firm, KuCoin, for ‘flouting anti-laundering rules’

by Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

March 27, 2024

US prosecutors have charged KuCoin, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, and two of its founders for failing to ...

Business

Blockchain, Crypto Essentially For Addressing Cross-Border Transactions Challenges– Expert

by Quadri Olaitan

October 13, 2023

The use of Blockchain and cryptocurrency is needed in addressing the challenges of cross-border payments as well as simplifying transactions ...

Cryptassets

‘It was a blast!’ Kudos, encomiums as Borderless 1.0 maiden conference holds (Photos)

by Oreoluwa Ojelabi

December 14, 2022

Following the successful hosting of the inaugural Borderless 1.0 Conference in Port Hacourt, Rivers state, encomiums and accolades has been ...

General

‘One good term…’ Team TW4Sanwo launched as second term bid gathers momentum (Video, Photos)

by Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

July 17, 2022

In a bid at entrenching good governance in the state, Team TW4Sanwo has joined the increasing support groups working to ...

coinbase slows down its hiring spree due to bad market conditions

Cryptassets

‘Potential economic recession’ Coinbase to lay off 1,100 employees

by Freelanews

June 14, 2022

Coinbase, the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily volume, through its CEO, Brian Armstrong, officially announced on Tuesday that it has ...