Africa Bitcoin News on Nostr: NEW: 🇿🇦 South Africa’s Absa Group has become the first bank on the African ...
NEW: 🇿🇦 South Africa’s Absa Group has become the first bank on the African continent to offer Bitcoin custody.
The service is currently available only to institutional clients in South Africa. Specifically, that includes asset managers, corporates, and non-bank financial institutions.
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https://bitcoinnews.africa/absa-first-african-bank-bitcoin-custody/Published at
2026-10-05 12:54:16 UTCEvent JSON
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