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The average yield on Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds ticked up slightly week on week amid soft selloffs in the secondary market.
Investors’ whetted appetites dragged the average yield on Nigerian Treasury bills down by 15 basis points, according to a market update released by Afrinvest Securities Limited.
Ripple (XRP) price has continued to fluctuate, trading at $1.31 on Tuesday amid a sharp decline in trading volume, underperforming the broader crypto market.
The Lagos State Government says it has begun prosecuting 45 individuals and companies for alleged tax defaults totalling billions of naira.
Bitcoin is up 3.96% to $69,947.69 over the past 24h, outpacing the broader market’s 3.38% gain, driven by a derivatives-led short squeeze that liquidated over $134 million in bearish bets.
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Fitch Ratings has placed the Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) and Government Support Ratings (GSRs) of all eight Qatari banks on Rating Watch Negative (RWN).
Ripple (XRP) price jumped by 5% over the last 24 hours to $1.35, closely tracking a broad market rally driven by a risk-on shift amid geopolitical optimism.
Ripple (XRP) reboots with a fresh rally on Monday, rising by about 4% to $1.3425 in 24 hours on renewed bargain hunting and more than 75% increase in trading volume to $1.84 billion.
Ethereum Keeps 2.05k Price Amidst StanChart $40k Estimate Ethereum (ETH) is trading at $2,050, down less than 1% over the last 24 hours, on optimism and fear amid Standard Chartered’s (StanChart) price expectations. With $248 billion in market capitalisation at the press time, ETH’s trading volume increased by 20% over 24 hours, settling at $8.5 billion on Sunday, according to data obtained from crypto exchanges. Traders reported that Ethereum’s price is consolidating, while on-chain data suggests underlying buying pressure. Specifically, the altcoin price is consolidating near $2,050 after a sharp decline. Market attention is intensely focused on the $1,400 to…