NEW: 🇳🇬 Bitcoin Educators Academy Comes to Lagos With Just 10 Places. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-educators-academy-lagos-nigeria/

NEW: 🚨ZEUS Lightning Wallet Temporarily Offline After Cybersecurity Incident With No Customer Funds Lost or at Risk. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/zeus-lightning-wallet-temporarily-offline-after-cybersecurity-incident-with-no-customer-funds-lost-or-at-risk/

NEW: 🚨Boltz Suspends Bitcoin Swap Services Indefinitely as AI-Powered Attacks Outpace Its Team. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/boltz-bitcoin-swaps-suspended-ai-attacks-august-2026/

NEW: 🇿🇲 Bitcoin Campus Zambia Hosts Second Trezor Academy Workshop in Lusaka. Bitcoin Campus Zambia, a student-led community focused on educating and empowering peers to save, earn, and spend Bitcoin, successfully completed its second Trezor Academy Workshop of 2026. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitcoin-campus-zambia-hosts-second-trezor-academy-workshop-in-lusaka-empowering-students-with-bitcoin-education-and-self-custody/

🚨Coldcard RNG Vulnerability Update: Fourth Attack Wave Pushes Losses Above 1,800 BTC. In the early hours of today, August 3, Galaxy Research’s Head of Research, Alex Thorn, flagged what appears to be a fourth large-scale attack wave. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/coldcard-rng-vulnerability-update-fourth-attack-wave-pushes-losses-above-1800-btc/

NEW: 🚨BOSS Challenge Finalists Keep Building Bitcoin and Lightning Tools Long After Program Ends. African developers from the latest BOSS Challenge continue opening pull requests, reviewing code, and launching new tools. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/boss-challenge-finalists-keep-building-bitcoin-and-lightning-tools-long-after-program-ends/

NEW: 🚨 The Coldcard RNG Vulnerability. Coldcard has been regarded as one of the most security focused Bitcoin hardware wallets on the market. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/the-coldcard-rng-vulnerability-when-randomness-becomes-the-weakest-link/

NEW: ⚡️Rust for Bitcoin 2.0 Program Kicks Off to Train African Developers in Open-Source Bitcoin Contribution. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/rust-for-bitcoin-2-0-program-kicks-off-to-train-african-developers-in-open-source-bitcoin-contribution/

NEW: 🚨Bitchat Can Now Spread Itself Without the Internet. Bitchat can now transfer its own installation file, the APK, directly from one Android phone to another over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi hotspot, with zero internet required at any step. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitchat-offline-android-apk-sharing-africa/

NEW: ⚡️African Bitcoiners Seek Sponsors for 2026 Impact Awards. @African Bitcoiners has officially opened sponsorship and partnership opportunities for the 2026 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner Awards (MIAB2026). Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/africa-is-building-bitcoins-future-african-bitcoiners-seek-sponsors-for-2026-impact-awards/

🇰🇪 Beyond Adversity BTC rapproche Bitcoin de Muhuru, Migori. En somme, une initiative qui confirme une tendance: l’adoption Bitcoin en Afrique se construit aussi dans les zones lakeside et rurales, pas seulement à Nairobi ou au Cap. 👉 https://bitcoinnews.africa/beyond-adversity-btc-rapproche-bitcoin-de-muhuru-migori/

NEW: 🇲🇺 OSGuild Concludes First Genesis Workshop in Mauritius. Over the weekend, OSGuild successfully hosted its inaugural Genesis Workshop. Bringing together university students for hands-on learning in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/osguild-concludes-first-genesis-workshop-in-mauritius/

NEW: 🇪🇹 Africa Free Routing Kicks Off Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Addis Ababa Today. Today, July 27, 2026, @Africa Free Routing kicks off its Addis Ababa Lightning Developer Bootcamp at WeVentures Hub, Airport Road, Addis Ababa. The bootcamp brings together developers for five days of learning, building, collaborating, and exploring Bitcoin and Lightning development. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/addis-ababa-lightning-developer-bootcamp-2026/

NEW: 🇿🇦 South African Bitcoiners Launch ‘Proof of Spend’ Challenge to Turn Holders into Everyday Users. BitcoinFriendlySA platform has officially launched the Proof of Spend challenge. The campaign aims to recruit 100 committed South Africans, who will spend Bitcoin every month for a full year. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/south-african-bitcoiners-launch-proof-of-spend-challenge-to-turn-holders-into-everyday-users/

NEW: 🏦 Btrust Awards $904,000 in First Round of 2026 Bitcoin Developer Education Grants. Btrust awarded a total of $904,000 to five education initiatives that help developers move from learning about Bitcoin to making real contributions to open-source projects.🚀 Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/btrust-awards-904000-in-first-round-of-2026-bitcoin-developer-education-grants/

🎙️ From The Founder's Desk | Episode 3 What happens when more than a decade of community trust meets Bitcoin? In Episode 3 of From The Founder’s Desk, we sit down with Herman Vivier, Founder of @BitcoinEkasi and Co-Founder of The Surfer Kids, to explore the journey behind one of Africa's most established Bitcoin circular economies. From paying coaches 100% in Bitcoin to onboarding 32 township businesses, Herman shares how Bitcoin Ekasi is building a local economy where people can earn, spend, and save in Bitcoin, without depending entirely on traditional financial systems or perpetual charity. In this Episode, we discuss: 🔸Building a Bitcoin circular economy from the ground up. 🔸Why trust is the foundation of Bitcoin adoption 🔸Moving from donation dependence to sustainable community revenue. 🔸The challenges of building Bitcoin in a township environment. 🔸Bitcoin, financial sovereignty, and South Africa's economic realities. 🔸The future of Bitcoin Ekasi and its growing ecosystem. This is a conversation about Bitcoin, community, entrepreneurship, and the long-term work required to build something that lasts. 🎥 Watch Episode 3 of From The Founder’s Desk:

NEW: 🤖PoWBoT Launches Epoch 6 as African Bitcoin Projects Compete to Prove Real Adoption. PoWBoT, a Telegram bot that pays sats for verified evidence of Bitcoin being spent at African merchants, has entered its sixth epoch. Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/powbot-epoch-6-bitcoin-adoption-africa/

NEW: 🏛️ Btrust Announces First Batch of 2026 Event Grants. Btrust just revealed its initial 2026 event grants recipients. The event grants support a wide range of initiatives, from hands-on technical bootcamps to large-scale conferences, helping to build a more resilient, inclusive Bitcoin developer community.🚀 Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/btrust-announces-first-batch-of-2026-event-grants-supporting-bitcoin-developer-growth-across-africa-and-beyond/

NEW: ⚡️Lightning Labs Launches Wavelength. Lightning Labs announced the alpha release of Wavelength, a toolkit that lets any developer add self-custodial Bitcoin payments to any application with a handful of API calls.🚀 Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/lightning-labs-wavelength-bitcoin-payments-toolkit/

NEW: 🚨BitSpenda Expands Bitcoin-to-Mobile Money Service to Uganda and Cameroon. BitSpenda just announced a major milestone this July. The platform now operates in Uganda and Cameroon. This expansion brings its total footprint to five African nations. 🇬🇭🇳🇬🇰🇪🇺🇬🇨🇲 Read More: https://bitcoinnews.africa/bitspenda-expands-bitcoin-to-mobile-money-service-to-uganda-and-cameroon/