n “Approval in Principle”, according to SEC Nigeria, means “preliminary authorization given to eligible applicants to operate within the confines of the ARIP pending final registration by the Commission.” This…
Speaking recently in a panel at the Global Tech Africa Conference in Lagos a week ago on the implementation of the National Blockchain Policy in Nigeria, Femi Adegolu, Co-Founder and…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Federal tax authority in Nigeria, wants tax revenue from crypto services in Nigeria. To achieve this goal, the FIRS plans to work with…
by Edison Irabor
You may call it selfish, but crypto industry players in the United States (U.S) generally believe that if the U.S would ever have a chance of becoming a…
by Edison Irabor
Former U.S President and presidential nominee of the Republican Party Donald J. Trump has promised to make the U.S the “crypto capital of the planet”. Mr. Trump made…
by Edison Irabor
A community rebellion has erupted against the fast-growing play-to-earn crypto project Pixelverse over alleged nonpayment of airdrop rewards to its user community. Earlier, Pixelverse’s official X account was…
Following the recent announcement by KuCoin, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, to start charging its Nigerian users 7.5% value-added tax (VAT) on the transaction fees for all crypto transactions on its…
The Blockchain Industry Coordinating Committee (BICCON), the intercommunity team in Nigeria’s blockchain industry, has extended an invitation to all digital assets exchange operators, wallet providers, other virtual asset service providers…
The immediate former Managing Director at the Nigerian Capital Market Institute (NCMI), Emomotimi Agama, was appointed Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on…
Almost $10 billion so far has left crypto exchanges’ bitcoin (BTC) wallets in 2024. Why is so much BTC leaving crypto exchanges, and where are these BTCs headed?