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South African Prosecutors Set to Pursue Collapsed Pyramid Scheme Co-Conspirators

South African prosecutors are reportedly investigating co-conspirators of Mirror Trading International and may charge them with fraud or forgery. The declaration of the scheme as unlawful may have strengthened the…

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Nigerian Securities Regulator: Crypto Exchanges Complying With Naira Delisting Directive

The Nigerian Securities Regulator has stated that cryptocurrency exchanges have complied with a directive to remove the local currency from peer-to-peer platforms. The acting director-general of the Nigerian Securities and…

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Nigerian Currency Slides 5% After Central Bank Injects More Than $80 Million Into Forex Market

The Nigerian naira continued with a downward which recently saw it being named the worst-performing currency when it slid by just over five per cent to erase the previous day’s…

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Nigerian Court Rules Tigran Gambaryan Can Face Tax Evasion Charges on Behalf of Binance

The Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, who is currently in jail, has been deemed eligible by a Nigerian court to represent the cryptocurrency exchange in its ongoing tax evasion trial. A…

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Nigerian Fintech Firm Flutterwave Confirms Hacking Attempt, Says Users’ Funds Safe

The Nigerian fintech firm Flutterwave claimed on May 16 that it had foiled an attempt to breach its payments platform. Flutterwave asserted that the “unauthorized activities inconsistent with usual customer…

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Nigerian Experts Say Past Central Bank Policies Drove Users to P2P Crypto Platforms

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s cryptocurrency sector argue that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s previous decision to exclude cryptocurrency entities from the banking ecosystem has fueled the growth of peer-to-peer crypto trading.…

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Nigeria Denies Binance CEO’s Claims of $150M Bribe Demand; Criticizes Attempt to Discredit Government

The Nigerian government has dismissed allegations from Binance CEO Richard Teng that representatives of the cryptocurrency exchange were solicited for a $150 million bribe by members of the House Committee…

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Rwandan Research Paper Recommends CBDC With ‘Partial Pseudo-Anonymity’

A recent research paper from the National Bank of Rwanda recommends a two-tier, universal, zero-interest central bank digital currency (CBDC) with partial pseudo-anonymity. Although the research paper identifies 15 opportunities…

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