Gambaryan’s arrest in February sparked international attention, particularly in the cryptocurrency community. The former IRS agent and US citizen was in Nigeria to address regulatory concerns about Binance when he…
Iyinola Aboyeji, a prominent figure in Nigeria’s financial sector, has called for the release of Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial-crime compliance, who has been detained in Nigeria since February…
According to a Friday statement by Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt, or BKA) and the Attorney Generalās Office in Frankfurt, the targeted exchanges were allegedly involved in concealing the…
The United Kingdom (UK) Parliament plans to recognize bitcoin and other digital assets as personal property. On 11 September 2024, a bill titled Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill was proposed…
It is disappointing that Nigeria, the top African country in crypto adoption and 11th in the world in 2022, according to Chainalysis, is not among the top 30 countries with…
Nigeriaās Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Nigeria) has announced its granting of āApproval-in-Principleā to two Digital Assets Exchange (DAX) firms under its Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Program (ARIP).
I acknowledge that the CBN took an important step under its new leadership, Governor Olayemi Cardoso. This is commendable. But I believe that the CBN is yet to take the…
The lack of a clear legal framework for digital assets has led to several cryptocurrency firmsāparticularly those based in the United Statesābeing slammed with lawsuits from U.S market regulators. According…
The Blockchain Industry Coordinating Committee (BICCON), the intercommunity team in Nigeriaās blockchain industry, has extended an invitation to all digital assets exchange operators, wallet providers, other virtual asset service providers…
By Jude Ayua
Following media reports of the Nigerian governmentās order on 22 February 2024 to telecommunications companies (telcos) and other internet service providers (ISPs) in the country to block access…