Central Bank of Nigeria Official Reiterates Nigerian Residents Free to Trade BTC

[Josefjix]

They may flag random users who deal with cryptocurrency and close down their bank accounts. This will create issues for cryptocurrency users. If they close down the bank account, then the users will face all sort of difficulties. Debit cards and credit cards will get blocked and making payments for utility bills and other expenses will be impossible. Still, at least the situation is better than what we have in India. In Nigeria at least the government is not stupid enough to make possession of cryptocurrency a criminal offense.

Actually this is the case here in Nigeria, they will restrict accounts of users who are dealing with cryptocurrencies but they have not made any law prohibiting possession of cryptocurrency as criminal offence. They rather directed Banks to stop dealing with exchanges offering such services in Nigeria. I'm sorry the Indian government is treating you guys this bad.

[Vishnu.Reang]

They may flag random users who deal with cryptocurrency and close down their bank accounts. This will create issues for cryptocurrency users. If they close down the bank account, then the users will face all sort of difficulties. Debit cards and credit cards will get blocked and making payments for utility bills and other expenses will be impossible. Still, at least the situation is better than what we have in India. In Nigeria at least the government is not stupid enough to make possession of cryptocurrency a criminal offense.

Actually this is the case here in Nigeria, they will restrict accounts of users who are dealing with cryptocurrencies but they have not made any law prohibiting possession of cryptocurrency as criminal offence. They rather directed Banks to stop dealing with exchanges offering such services in Nigeria. I'm sorry the Indian government is treating you guys this bad.

Yeah.. right now India is like the worst place to be in, if you are a cryptocurrency user. The rich users have already moved out to more sane jurisdictions. But those who can't afford to do that are stuck here. On top of that, the travel restrictions due to the pandemic has also made things really bad here. I really don't know why they have so much hatred for new innovations. It's like they want the people to remain in poverty forever.

[Clement Kaliyar]

Yeah.. right now India is like the worst place to be in, if you are a cryptocurrency user. The rich users have already moved out to more sane jurisdictions. But those who can't afford to do that are stuck here. On top of that, the travel restrictions due to the pandemic has also made things really bad here. I really don't know why they have so much hatred for new innovations. It's like they want the people to remain in poverty forever.

This is not hatred, they simply cannot understand and some will have extreme response to something they cannot understand and that is what we are seeing in India. The stupids who cannot understands the technology comes out and tells things that are doctrined by the same stupid group in their social media circles and they keep on repeating that.

Not everyone can move out because of one law and i am expecting a happy ending as the government have many basic things to do as people are suffering than banning bitcoin.

[el kaka22]

It is a good decision, crypto should not be a thing that gets banned, there is no logical reason to ban crypto, it is not hurting anyone and it is a good productive thing. Crypto should specially be supported in third world nations like Nigera, I know they are bigger than some other African nations but the poverty level is huge there, if they could instead of going with bans and so forth, and end up with teaching people technological skills, they could end up helping the population (or at least new generation) gain skills that could be used online and that would allow them to actually provide some skills that could worth money in other nations.

100 bucks is nothing for an american but a huge amount for a Nigerian, that way they could gain a lot of money and help the nation grow, this current method is not something that would be helping the nation at all, definitely not if they ban it.

[Lordhermes]

It is a good decision, crypto should not be a thing that gets banned, there is no logical reason to ban crypto, it is not hurting anyone and it is a good productive thing. Crypto should specially be supported in third world nations like Nigera, I know they are bigger than some other African nations but the poverty level is huge there, if they could instead of going with bans and so forth, and end up with teaching people technological skills, they could end up helping the population (or at least new generation) gain skills that could be used online and that would allow them to actually provide some skills that could worth money in other nations.

I don't think you are right mate, no offense anyway, Nigeria is not a poor country, it's actually the giant of Africa that provides to both foreign and neighboring countries, Nigeria's ban on cryptocurrency is actually a fault from the political leaders which afterwards they regretted why they made the decision, mind you, Nigeria is one of the country that had huge usage of cryptocurrency in the world according to statistics(research more on that).
By the way, the news of allowing Nigerian to trade btc is still restricting users from transacting from their bank cards except for a bank transfer when performing p2p. Therefore the ban is still active, if actually Nigeria could purchase Bitcoin with cards, then that would be enough to say that the ban is over.

[jrrsparkles]

A senior executive with Nigeria’s central bank, Adamu Lamtek, has reportedly denied that his institution had placed restrictions on the use of cryptocurrencies. Instead, Lamtek, who is the deputy governor responsible for corporates services at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says his organisation’s directive only applies to the banking sector.

Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/central-bank-of-nigeria-official-reiterates-nigerian-residents-free-to-trade-cryptos-directive-only-applies-to-banking-sector

As a Nigerian I can confirm this particular quote from Mr Adamu is false and CBN has restricted Nigerians from using Bank accounts to buy cryptocurrencies. Though P2P has been done smoothly but there are high rate of scams involved.. People have lost huge some of money through this medium because of holistic approach by the CBN.

They clearly said that they are not allowing anyone to use the bank accounts for the purchase of cryptocurrencies then why they are not willing to accept it individually?

Scams can be stopped by trading on good p2p platforms but it also need KYC ti confirm the authenticity of the trader who is having good trading history.

[Yatsan]

Then it is a great news for Nigerian citizens because based on what I have read from some threads here in the forum, it seems like Nigerian people are having trouble dealing with their central bank because of their engagement with cryptocurrency transactions that makes their banks accounts into freeze that is very hard to accept although it is already given that it serves as terms and policies of their national government and being implemented by their central bank. With this news, people in Nigeria can go on having transaction with Bitcoin and can attain their free will to use it in their country without the worry of potential freezing of their bank accounts.

[why]

CBN never told that Nigerian people cannot do trade Bitcoin or cryptocurrency, They just prevent people to use Bank account for doing crypto related work. They have taken the tricky path to harass trader and maybe they attempt to take control over traders and attempt to regulate cryptocurrency trading. If they do not allow traders to use bank accounts to take payments then how can they say that Nigerian Residents Free to Trade BTC!

[iamsheikhadil]

Although the matter looks like at a confused state, had I been there, I would not get involved with crypto because of unambiguous laws. They say they didn't ban P2P but also saying the restrictions apply to banking sector, as in, P2P only allowed when meet face to face? I don't know if there's ewallet available, if they do then those can be used for P2P trades, but then again, looking at the situation, it really looks risky to trade until some sort of clarity is enlightened.

[Lorence.xD]

CBN never told that Nigerian people cannot do trade Bitcoin or cryptocurrency, They just prevent people to use Bank account for doing crypto related work. They have taken the tricky path to harass trader and maybe they attempt to take control over traders and attempt to regulate cryptocurrency trading. If they do not allow traders to use bank accounts to take payments then how can they say that Nigerian Residents Free to Trade BTC!

So basically they can trade but they can't withdraw their crypto in banks from what I can understand, this is a pretty vague and scummy stuff for CBN to do, I mean this restricts traders their way of getting the profits that they gained in the process. P2P could be a solution but there is a rampant scams going on with P2P so it will be difficult.

[Betwrong]

It is a good decision, crypto should not be a thing that gets banned, there is no logical reason to ban crypto, it is not hurting anyone and it is a good productive thing. Crypto should specially be supported in third world nations like Nigera, I know they are bigger than some other African nations but the poverty level is huge there, if they could instead of going with bans and so forth, and end up with teaching people technological skills, they could end up helping the population (or at least new generation) gain skills that could be used online and that would allow them to actually provide some skills that could worth money in other nations.

100 bucks is nothing for an american but a huge amount for a Nigerian, that way they could gain a lot of money and help the nation grow, this current method is not something that would be helping the nation at all, definitely not if they ban it.

That's right, and for this reason governments, if they really care about their citizens, should facilitate the usage of Bitcoin. Living in underdeveloped country it's nearly the only option to find a job abroad: you should accept your salary in BTC.