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Coinbase partners with Onboard Global to expand crypto access in Nigeria, enabling secure P2P transactions, reduced fees, and improved financial inclusion. Coinbase has announced a partnership with Onboard Global to help Nigerian users buy and sell cryptocurrencies more efficiently. Users can now access the Onboard P2P feature on Coinbase Wallet as an additional method to buy cryptocurrency with local fiat. Users can buy crypto via peer-to-peer (P2P) exchange by utilizing this feature to...

Nigeria plans to tax crypto transactions, boosting revenue and regulation. New SEC rules ensure compliance, while licensing expands to central exchanges. Nigeria is planning to tax cryptocurrency transactions to increase government revenue. It also aims to regulate digital assets and bring them under the formal tax system. Bloomberg reports that Nigeria plans to grant complete licenses to cryptocurrency trading platforms throughout this year. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on December 10 arrested 792 people linked to a massive crypto-romance scam operating out of Lagos. The suspects, who included 148 Chinese, 40 Filipinos, and several other foreign nationals, were caught during a surprise raid at an imposing seven-story structure known as Big Leaf in the affluent Victoria Island neighborhood. Sophisticated Scam Network Unveiled According to information shared by the agency, the operation...

The U.S. government is quietly pressuring Nigeria to release Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance executive detained in the country since February. Gambaryan has reportedly faced serious health issues while in custody, prompting calls for his release on humanitarian grounds. Humanitarian Concerns According to a New York Times report, two anonymous senior State Department officials revealed that U.S. diplomats have been lobbying Nigerian officials behind the scenes for his release....

Edo State and INTMAX work together to improve digital governance through blockchain technology. The alliance intends to empower government services through cutting-edge technology. The Nigerian Ministry of Digital Economy, Science, and Technology in Edo State has formed a strategic partnership with INTMAX, a leading developer of Ethereum Layer 2 solutions. This alliance aims to accelerate the regional adoption of blockchain technology, indicating a significant step ahead in Nigeria’s digital...

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The leading cryptocurrency exchange, KuCoin, has implemented a 7.5% transaction fee tax on all trades executed on the platform for its Nigerian users. According to an official announcement, KuCoin will start collecting a value-added tax (VAT) of 7.5% on transaction fees from July 8 to align with recent regulatory developments. This update affects all users with their Know Your Customer information registered in Nigeria. KuCoin to Tax Nigerian Users To avoid misunderstandings...

Events in the saga between Nigeria and Binance continue to unfold. This time, the country dropped tax charges against the exchange’s executives. According to a tweet by Nigerian journalist Alexander Onukwue, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of Nigeria has withdrawn the tax evasion charges against Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, the exchange’s director for Africa operations. Binance Execs Free From Tax Charges In...

A group of U.S. lawmakers has called on President Joe Biden to intervene in the detention of Tigran Gambaryan, a high-ranking executive at Binance, who has been held by Nigerian authorities for nearly three months. The appeal, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and supported by 11 other congressional leaders, demands that the situation be treated as a hostage crisis and that immediate action be taken to secure Gambaryan’s release. U.S....