Nigeria news articles

Bitcoin price hits all-time highs across Argentina, Nigeria and Turkey
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has notched new all-time highs against some of the world’s most inflationary fiat currencies. Across 30 hours o...

Crypto awareness soars to 92%, but Web3 lags behind: Consensys report
Nigeria and South Korea have the highest percentage of respondents aware of cryptocurrencies. Web3 awareness was however lower across respon...

Nigeria Leads Global Rankings in Cryptocurrency Awareness, Survey Reveals
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has emerged as the world’s most cryptocurrency-aware nation, according to the results of a gl...

How Nigeria Plans to Win Over Share of Potential $15 Trillion AI Market
Nigeria wants to upscale its artificial intelligence (AI) game to benefit from the innovation of the technology. AI is expected to contribut...

Nigerian trade association asks government to ban Binance, here’s why
The association felt Binance was aggravating the pressure on the national currency. Nigerian currency recently weakened to 917 naira per dol...

Nigeria to issue verifiable blockchain certificates for NYSC
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, who holds the position of Director-General at the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has d...

Binance faces calls for ban by Nigerian Bureau De Change association
Binance continues to experience an increase in regulatory heat as the Federal Government of Nigeria is being urged by the Association of Bur...

Nigeria’s SEC warns against trading on Binance
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria (SEC) issued a warning for local investors against using one of the world’s largest cryp...

Nigerian SEC doubles down on Binance warning despite its recent approval in Dubai
The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reiterated its warning that Binance’s operation within the country was illegal, acco...

Today in Crypto: Crypto Firms in Hong Kong Can Open ‘Simple’ Bank Accounts Only, Elderly Couple in US Held Hostage for $156,000 in Crypto, Binance Can Operate in Dubai But Not in Nigeria
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Nigerian SEC Calls Binance Operations Illegal in the Country
The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance faces one more regulatory roadblock and this time it’s in the African country of Nigeria. La...

Binance’s Activities Are Illegal in Nigeria, Securities Regulator Says
Crypto exchange Binance’s activities are illegal in Nigeria, the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission said in a Friday n...