Nigerian Crypto Transactions Get a Big Boost With Government Backing
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According to Bloomberg, the move will put the country on the same level as the rest of the world in relation to regulation, following countries such as the European Union, South Africa, and Botswana in licensing cryptocurrency providers.
The DG of SEC, Emomotimi Agama, declared that the first license on digital means and tokenized assets would be handed out this month by the commission. He expressed the belief that the nation’s youth must be guided on how to leverage fintech innovations, as the market for any such tech is wide and highly proliferating.
For recent years, number of challenges that the government has been going through with regard to Nigerian crypto transactions. Authorities had banned banks from processing Nigerian crypto transactions, citing worries over exchange rate manipulation coupled with naira sharp depreciation.
In February, the government cut off access to Binance—the world’s largest crypto exchange—and prosecuted its executives for allegedly contributing to illicit financial flows and speculative activities that weakened the naira.
Despite this, enterprising Nigerian youths have simply continued to trade Bitcoin through alternative platforms like Bitkoin Africa and Quidax. According to an analysis report, volumes of Nigerian crypto transactions leapt 9% to $56.7 billion in June 2023 from a year earlier. The figure is just the tip of the iceberg, Agama said, as many transactions are not reported.
The new licensing is a plan by the SEC to formalize the market so as to ensure increased transparency, and to prohibit the use of cryptocurrency in diminishing the national currency.
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