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A cross-section of Nigerian senators have reacted to the recent Bitcoin ban enacted by the country’s central bank.
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The Feminist Coalition, a Nigerian advocacy group, found its protest fundraising restricted by legacy financial channels. So it turned to Bitcoin. The post Nigerian Aid Group Finds Sovereign Lifeline In Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2020-10-22 21:46 | |
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It’s been more than a week now that people across Nigeria have been protesting against police brutality and demand reform and accountability. The younger generations are using social media to document the event in real life to amplify their cause and counter false narratives.
2020-10-16 23:15 | |
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Jack Dorsey, the founder, and CEO of Square, a payment company, recently urged his 4. 8 million Twitter followers to donate bitcoin (BTC) to end police brutality in Nigeria. Dorsey promoted the BTC donations on behalf of a Nigerian group of feminists dubbed Feminist Coalition.
2020-10-15 13:14 | |
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A Nigerian protest group called Feminist Coalition is asking well-wishers to make donations via bitcoin after authorities reportedly blocked the organization’s bank account. Feminist Coalition is one of the many groups spearheading protests against alleged police brutality by a Nigerian police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
2020-10-15 10:45 | |
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Cryptofully. com is offering Nigerian investors from around the world to transfer money to Nigeria in a simple two-step process through Bitcoin. 12 September 2020, Lagos. Cryptocurrency owners can now send funds across the world to Nigerian Naira accounts without the requirement of registering on a new platform.
2020-9-29 19:46 | |
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Nigeria’s weakening naira currency, as well as the shortage of U. S. dollars, are forcing businesses to switch to bitcoin as the means of settling payments for international transactions. Nigerian businesses need the American currency to buy new supplies, as well as to order essential equipment from abroad.
2020-8-22 00:00 | |
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Nigerian entrepreneurs are increasingly using bitcoin as a way to trade internationally, noting its significant benefits over legacy financial systems.
2020-8-13 10:00 | |
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Two Nigerian scammers were held last week after hatching an elaborate fraud to steal “$435 million around the world” using illicit emails, luxury brand showoffs, and Bitcoin. The post Rolls-Royce, Gucci-flaunting scammers caught after FBI analyzes Bitcoin trail appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2020-7-15 00:16 | |
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Due to the advancement of cryptocurrency and the widespread of gift cards in the Nigerian market, Prestmit, a Nigerian platform, now provides the absolute solution that gift cards and bitcoin enthusiasts within and outside the country have been looking forward to.
2020-3-27 18:15 | |
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In an effort to expand its fiat-to-crypto services, Binance decided to add support on its peer-to-peer (P2P) platform for the Nigerian Naira (NGN). The integration allows Nigerian users to directly buy and sell cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and Tether (USDT) using the Binance P2P platform.
2020-3-5 00:04 | |
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned that bitcoin and digital currencies are not legal tenders but Nigerians don’t seem to care. Bitcoin Adoption Rising Despite Apex Bank, Senate Warnings In its December 2019 edition of ‘The Nigerian Banker’, the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) highlighted how bitcoin is booming in Nigeria, despite the central bank’s anti-crypto stance.
2019-12-9 22:33 | |
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Luno, a global bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange company, announced today that it is launching an Ethereum (ETH)-Nigerian Naira (NGN) exchange market. For users, this means that they can now buy Ethereum using Nigerian Naira on the Luno Exchange.
2019-10-28 14:16 | |
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Binance listed the first fiat trading pair, and it’s not the US dollar. Starting from today, Nigerian users will be able to buy Bitcoin, Binance Coin (BNB), and Binance’s stablecoin BUSD with Naira.
2019-10-24 16:20 | |
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Would you like to lay claim to the fortune of an ailing heirless Nigerian prince? How about becoming a partner in a multi-billion dollar business originating in some obscure, unheard-of country? If all these tricks sounds familiar, then you are among the millions of people worldwide who have been attacked by some of the most […] The post The ‘Queen’ Begins Bitcoin Phishing to Save the UK Economy appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2019-9-30 07:15 | |
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The daughter of a Nigerian politician has been released after her father paid the kidnappers a $15,000 bitcoin ransom. On Saturday, Ai’sha Ardo, the daughter of Umar Ardo, a chieftain of the major Nigerian political party the People’s Democratic Party, endured a harrowing kidnapping in the country’s capital city of Abuja.
2019-9-18 23:33 | |
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The daughter of a Nigerian politician has been released after her father paid the kidnappers a $15,000 bitcoin ransom. On Saturday, Ai’sha Ardo, the daughter of Umar Ardo, a chieftain of the major Nigerian political party the People’s Democratic Party, endured a harrowing kidnapping in the country’s capital city of Abuja.
2019-9-18 23:33 | |
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A Nigerian politician paid a ransom in Bitcoin to ensure his daughter’s freedom and safety with little knowledge of crypto or how to make Bitcoin transactions
2019-9-17 16:20 | |
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Fraud in the cryptocurrency industry is one of the sorest subjects, and the recent theft at the hands of two Nigerian nationals has not helped the case. TNW Hard Fork recently reported on these two fraudsters that have managed to complete multiple Bitcoin investments scams, taking $50,000 in Bitcoin from the hands of investors. Even […]
2019-4-26 17:06 | |
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Two Nigerian nationals have been indicted in the U.S. for wire fraud and money laundering relating to a fake bitcoin investment scheme.
2019-4-26 12:00 | |
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According to an official notification published April 24, 2019, by the U. S. Department of Justice for Oregon, two Nigerian nationals have been charged in a 13-count indictment with regard to their alleged involvement in an online bitcoin fraud scheme.
2019-4-26 11:00 | |
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By CCN. com: The United States Attorney’s Office District of Oregon has indicted two Nigerian nationals, Kelvin Usifoh and Onwuemerie Ogor Gift, over a bitcoin fraud scheme which is estimated to have netted them bitcoin worth over $270,000.
2019-4-25 16:19 | |
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Two Nigerian nationals face charges of attempting to defraud US residents through numerous Bitcoin investment scams. But the pair are yet to be apprehended by US authorities. Onwuemerie Ogor Gift and Kelvin Usifo are facing a 13-count indictment, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and 11 instances of wire fraud, OregonLive reports.
2019-4-25 15:18 | |
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Chinyere Nnadi, a Nigerian entrepreneur based in the United States, is spearheading a drive that seeks to solve Nigeria’s oil spill menace. According to an article published by The Hindu on April 22, 2019, Nnadi is using the dual power of biotech and blockhchain technology to aid the noble cause.
2019-4-23 09:00 | |
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Nigerian digital asset owners have reacted angrily to Union Bank’s threat to close all cryptocurrency-linked accounts. Investors have accused the local banking system of hypocrisy, asserting that banks are “unfit” and “scammers” that continue to steal from the poor through spurious charges such as ATM maintenance fees and SMS alerts.
2018-11-29 23:10 | |
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Nigeria’s financial technology startups have called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to provide legal guidelines for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. A lack of regulation is driving investment out of Africa’s biggest economy to areas like Rwanda and Europe while fomenting uncertainty, according to the Electronic Payment Practitioners Association of Nigeria (E-ppan).
2018-11-10 02:15 | |
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Kubitx, a Pan-African financial technology startup registered in Malta, announced the beta launch of its new cryptocurrency exchange on Thursday. The platform, which supports seven digital coins for the test, including BCH and BTC, will initially be available to users in Nigeria, before the company expands it to other African countries in the coming months.
2018-10-12 00:30 | |
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Decentralised cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are anathema to traditional banking. Bitcoin allows people to trade directly with each other, bypassing banks, the conventional middlemen. Banks make money by charging fees for the services they provide, including keeping one’s money in a bank.
2018-9-17 02:28 | |
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Bitcoin’s Volatility No Match For Nigeria’s Naira “I can use Bitcoin for anything now […],” Soji, a Lagos web designer told Jeremy Kirshbaum and Pelumi Oguntemehin. “It means I can invest and also pay anybody currently, except old people, I will send them bitcoin. The Nigerian Naira fell against the Chinese yuan by over 15%,
2018-6-27 14:48 | |
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The Central Bank of Brazil has initiated the second phase of its central bank digital currency project, DREX, aiming to demonstrate trade finance as a new use case. In a press release on Nov. 19, Brazil’s central bank announced it…
According to the results of the 2023 BIS survey on central bank digital currencies and crypto, only 12% of central banks are planning to issue retail CBDCs in the mid-term. A recent survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)…
The BOJ hiked the benchmark borrowing cost by 10 basis points, abandoning the prolonged negative interest rate policy.
From legal issues to hackers, launching a CBDC is fraught with risks, and BIS has a big list of them to consider.
NITDA chief Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi said it’s crucial to take proactive measures to harness AI benefits and mitigate threats.
The answer again is regulation, although this time the suggested regulation looks a lot like central bank co-option.
The answer again is regulation, although this time, the suggested regulation looks a lot like central bank co-option.