South African rand fell against the crosses and other Western currencies after the Reserve Bank hiked the repo rate by 25 basis points to anchor inflation and align with the US Fed’s rate hike.

The U.S. and European market performances were stifled by weak risk-asset bets amid elevated oil prices and rising yields on debt instruments.

Ripple XRP price inched up 2.02% in 24 hours to $1.53 on Friday, outperforming a flat Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) price hovered around $84k on Friday amid the latest buying spree by Morgan Stanley, following BTC’s sharp price rally.

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The President, Chartered Institute of Directors Nigeria (CIoD), Mr Adetunji Oyebanji, says Nigeria

The Nigerian naira closed relatively flat at N1,328 per US dollar in the foreign exchange market