Nigerians hooked on crypto despite restriction

Bitcoin trade volumes across P2P platforms in Nigeria have surpassed other African countries

Contrary to assumptions that kicking out cryptocurrency exchanges from the formal banking system in Nigeria would stunt the growth of the Bitcoin market, recent data have shown that trading volumes via Peer-to-Peer (P2P) platforms have continued to grow. Since the prohibition on February 6, 2021,

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