Fuel up with @ZARUniversal and get more from your payment. Get 15% back in @tethergold ( $XAUt ) when you pay with ZARU using @LunoGlobal Pay at @Engen_SA on eligible purchases of R100 or more, including fuel. Great to see ZARU, issued by @BlockTowerTech, giving customers more ways to use digital rand in their everyday lives. T&Cs apply. Learn more:

One week to go until the Stablecoin Network Evening on 12 November. Join @LunoGlobal, @BlockTowerTech, and @GTXNGlobal at Newlands in Cape Town for relaxed conversations, meaningful connections and an exchange of ideas on the real-world challenges and opportunities in stablecoins. Come and find out where African payments are heading, straight from the people building them. Space is limited. Request to join now:

Rand stablecoins are moving from the trading desk to the till 🇿🇦 Proud to see that @ZARUniversal now makes up 7.7% of checkout spend on the @MoneyBadgerPay network in 2026, with monthly checkout value up 2.6x since June. Read the full report on the rise of the digital rand 👇

Free gold for buying petrol, Woolworths, and donuts in South Africa @Engen_SA Pay with @ZARUniversal via @LunoGlobal; get XAUT back in your wallet. Powered by @MoneyBadgerPay! #goldtether# #cryptoback# #promotion#

The stablecoin conversation is moving from proof of concept to production. On 12 November, BlockTower is co-hosting the Stablecoin Network Evening in Newlands, Cape Town, with @LunoGlobal and @GTXNGlobal. No stage and no pitch decks. Just good conversation after day one of the Africa Stablecoin Summit. 📍 Attendance is by approval due to limited capacity. Request your place:

Every mint and redeem. Every status. One screen. 👀 On the @BlockTowerTech Issuance Platform, you can follow every transaction from request to completion without leaving your dashboard. Just open Transaction history and filter by type, status, or date. Click any row to see the full, real-time transaction history for every mint and redeem from Pending → Processing → Completed and export to CSV for reviews and reporting. No chasing updates, and no guessing where funds are. Find out more about the BlockTower Issuance Platform:

Dollar stablecoins lead in Africa today. What would it take for the local ones to catch up? Nkahiseng Ralepeli, Director of Strategic Operations at @BlockTowerTech, joins the debate “Dollar Stablecoins Won Africa. Can Local-Currency Stablecoins Catch Up?” at the @Afristablecoins in Cape Town on 12 November 2026 to look at what local-currency stablecoins would need, from liquidity to regulation to real-world use cases, to compete with dollar-pegged ones. Coming to the summit? Say hi to our team. We’ll be there to connect with others shaping the stablecoin ecosystem. Can’t catch us there? We’re also hosting a Stablecoin Networking Evening side event with @LunoGlobal and @GTXNGlobal at Newlands after day one of the summit. Join us for relaxed conversations, new connections and an exchange of ideas on the opportunities and challenges ahead. 🍻 📍 Request to join the mixer:

From minting and redeeming to tracking transactions and checking balances, your whole team needs access to the @BlockTowerTech Issuance Platform. But not everyone needs the same access 🔐 Give each person exactly what they need, and nothing they don't: ✅ Onboard teammates fast with an email invite ✅ Match access to the job: Admin, Agent, or Viewer ✅ Keep sensitive actions with the right people ✅ Update roles, deactivate users, or reset MFA in a few clicks Tighter security, easier management, and full control as your team scales. Explore BlockTower Issuance Platform:

Petrol prices got you thinking twice about your next trip to work? Your usual @Engen_SA stop could give you a little something extra. Get 15% back in @tethergold (XAUT) when you pay with @ZARUniversal using @LunoGlobal Pay on eligible Engen forecourt purchases of R100 or more. From filling up at the pumps to picking up groceries at @WOOLWORTHS_SA or a sweet treat from @krispykreme at Engen forecourts, make your everyday spending more rewarding. Simply open your Luno app, tap Pay and select ZARU as your payment method and use it at your next Engen stop. T&Cs apply. Learn more:

The digital rand in action⚡️ Awesome to see @LunoGlobal enabling users to spend @ZARUniversal at nearly 1 million South African merchants or everyday purchases like petrol and groceries. A big step in bringing institutional-grade digital assets to everyday consumer payments. Learn more below 👇

We’re excited to see another team building with @ZARUniversal. @JoinLipaworld has announced it plans to support ZARU on Lipaworld Business. Once it’s live, Lipaworld business customers will be able to hold and transfer ZARU, move between ZARU and other global stablecoins, and pay suppliers and run payroll in rand. More platforms means more choice for businesses on where and how they use ZARU. Read the details:

Blockchain Africa is coming to Gauteng, and @BlockTowerTech will be on the programme. Our Chief Commercial Officer, Aleks Andjelopolj, takes the stage on Thursday, 15 October at 13:35 at PwC Waterfall City. He’ll give an overview of @ZARUniversal and the use cases it unlocks. If you’re at the conference, make time for his session and say hello. Programme and tickets:

Nkahiseng Ralepeli, @BlockTowerTech Director of Strategic Operations, joins a panel at Blockchain Africa on 15 October in Gauteng: “From Adoption to Trust: Building a Safe and Scalable Digital Asset Ecosystem in Africa.” Attending? Find him afterwards and tell him what would make you trust crypto more. BlockTower South Africa (Pty) Ltd is an authorised FSP (55172).

Your @ZARUniversal issuance, in one place. The @BlockTowerTech Issuance Platform gives qualified institutional customers a simpler way to manage their ZARU activity: ✅️ Mint and redeem through a self-service portal with built in controls ✅️ Track your ZARU position, with real time updates ✅️ View and export transaction history ✅️ Keep an audit trail of account activity Built for businesses that use ZARU as part of their day-to-day operations. Learn more:

Mobile money changed how Africa transacts. Stablecoins are set to be an even bigger leap. In a recent @forbesafrica feature breaking down the continent's stablecoin moment, @BlockTowerTech's Strategic Operations Director, Nkahiseng Ralepeli explains why this shift is critical for financial infrastructure: "Where mobile money built new closed, friction-heavy networks, stablecoins provide an open network that any system can plug into." From lowering exorbitant remittance fees to enabling seamless cross-border business, the transition to open networks is already underway. See the numbers driving the shift and read the full piece here:

When @ZARUniversal is part of your business flow, your minting and redemption processes need to keep up with your activity. The @BlockTowerTech Issuance Platform allows you to initiate, approve, and track your ZARU minting and redemptions, all from one place. With real-time status updates, full transaction history, and a streamlined flow, you get the visibility and control your business needs. For businesses that require certainty in your operations and high-volume liquidity, this distinction matters. A simpler way to manage ZARU issuance. Learn more about our new Issuance Platform here:

Liquidity is in place. Now, commerce. Meet @ZARUniversal's new partner, @MoneyBadgerPay. A licensed Crypto Asset Service Provider putting $ZARU in front of 650,000+ merchant locations across South Africa, settled in rand, with no crypto exposure and no change to how merchants operate. This builds on the liquidity foundation @CURRENCYHUB_CHM established. Institutional liquidity, now paired with live commerce. Together, these layers connect the loop: liquidity on one side, real-world payment utility on the other. Real utility. Live adoption. Connected infrastructure.

An institutional-grade stablecoin is finally on chain, and you can now move instantly between $USDC, $USDT and $ZARU, 24/7 in four African countries. You can now trade $ZARU / $USDT and $ZARU / $USDC directly on @LunoGlobal in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda, making it simpler to move between rand exposure and dollar-denominated digital assets. To celebrate the launch, trading fees on both pairs are reduced for the first 90 days, from 6 August until 3 November 2026. Thereafter, standard trading fees will apply. The more you trade, the lower your taker fee, while makers earn a rebate at every tier. Start trading @ZARUniversal pairs now on Luno: