The new rules are based on international OECD standards and provide for significant fines.
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Crypto regulations
Jan 13, 2026
Cryptocurrency exchanges in Nigeria required to disclose client and transaction dataThe new rules are based on international OECD standards and provide for significant fines.
Market
Jul 25, 2025
Nigeria’s SEC to support regulated business in the payment stablecoin industryThe commission head emphasized the importance of stablecoins amid the volatility of the nation’s currency
Crypto regulations
Apr 1, 2025
Nigerian authorities have recognized cryptocurrency as an asset classThe new law also introduces criminal penalties for digital asset fraud
Market
Feb 18, 2025
Team involved in the release of the Libra meme coin planned to launch the token in NigeriaThe country’s head was not directly involved in the process, but negotiations were held with members of his team
Crypto regulations
Sep 12, 2024
Nigeria’s regulator has frozen the bank accounts of Kucoin and Bybit usersThe exchanges are also accused of violating anti-money laundering rules
Crypto regulations
Aug 16, 2024
Nigerian authorities report blocking 38 million USDT in political activists' walletsJournalists, in turn, accused officials of lying, noting that the largest of these addresses has a zero balance and has never been used
Incidents
Jun 14, 2024
Nigeria’s tax authorities drop charges against Binance’s senior executivesEarlier, congressmen and former US prosecutors sent open letters in defense of senior executive Tigran Gambaryan
Crypto regulations
Jun 7, 2024
Ex-US prosecutors have called on Anthony Blinken to secure the release of Binance’s senior executive from a Nigerian prisonThe signers called the conditions of Tigran Ghambaryan’s detention inhuman
Market
Apr 24, 2024
Nigeria’s Central Bank denies the ban for banks to make payments in favor of crypto exchangesThe regulator’s fake order was circulated in the media on April 24
Incidents
Mar 25, 2024
Binance senior executive has escaped arrest by Nigerian authorities using a fake passportThe country’s authorities accused the exchange of tax evasion
Market
Mar 12, 2024
Nigerian authorities have detained Binance senior executives after accusing the exchange of money launderingOfficials also reported plans to fine the exchange $10 billion
Market
Mar 5, 2024
Binance will discontinue all services and close all services in the Nigerian nairaThe exchange’s P2P platform delisted all trading pairs with NGN at the end of February