Nigeria’s new Virtual Assets Council doesn’t close all the loopholes in crypto-asset regulation.
- Professor of Law, University of East London
The rise in the use of stablecoins poses a risk of dollarisation across Africa.
For cryptocurrency to thrive in Nigeria, there must be balanced regulation but not at the expense of financial and monetary stability.
To encourage the widespread use of eNaira, Nigeria will have to fix its infrastructure, train financial services staff and ensure data privacy for users.
Nigeria’s Central Bank didn’t have an adoption strategy for its digital currency. It was a missed opportunity.
To live up to their promise, both on the African continent and elsewhere, digital currencies must be globally coordinated.
Kisruh token kripto ASIX menjadi peringatan bahwa masyarakat perlu banyak belajar mengenai instrumen investasi tersebut sebelum memutuskan berkecimpung di dalamnya.
Blockchain technology can be made greener if we change the way transactions happen.
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Nigeria can pull off its newly introduced digital currency but there are concerns that must be addressed for its smooth operations.
It’s time to shift focus away from bitcoin and to pay more attention to other blockchain projects promising to make real contributions to the world.
It is near impossible to regulate currencies and financial services that were built to avoid regulation – but it is increasingly necessary
Rumours of the collapse of the cryptoworld have been much exaggerated.
The decision by eight Francophone states to delink their common currency from France won’t be without challenges.
Lakukan dengan benar dan libra bisa menjadi mata uang global pertama di dunia. Tapi jika salah, maka…
Get it right and libra could be the world’s first truly global currency. Get it wrong, on the other hand …
Blockchains and cryptocurrencies are being co-opted by the very system they were designed to overthrow.
Investors favoured Muhammadu Buhari’s opponent, Atiku Abubakar. So what are the Nigerian president’s economic priorities?
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This episode is all about bitcoin. Will it be the currency of the future? Who’s trying to capitalise on the legal loopholes of cryptocurrencies? And is it possible to make mining them more green.
Interest among financial institutions in bitcoin derivatives contracts highlights worrying reminders of the not-too-distant past.
Crypto cash is catnip for criminals and a huge challenge to law enforcement – so it’s time to bring in a tough, jurisdiction-busting regulatory body.
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