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The Sahel region (including Chad) has seen 37% YoY growth in P2P crypto volume as traditional banking fails, but rising militancy could paradoxically increase crypto demand for black-market transactions and humanitarian aid. However, this remains structurally secondary to US macro drivers as the region contributes <0.2% to global crypto volume.

Boko Haram militants killed at least 23 troops in an attack in Chad's Lake Chad region.