It is worth mentioning that this is not how to tackle the problem.
On Binance P2P, I can see many accounts restricted for buying cryptocurrencies, but not for those that wants to sell likely because they are selling to have naira.
There is something that I am not getting. Are Nigerians on Binance that are first converting to a bitcoin or a stablecoin and then sell the stable coin for dollar? That is an indirect forex. But for those that are just buying and selling naira for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, that is not forex.
For those that are selling, they have no problem. Some ads are also still available for buying.
Mr. Charles-Tim, I don't think this government really knows what it takes for them to have a role, especially as far as the financial industry is concerned. I feel like we are losing track of every blessing and putting blame on people who do not deserve it, or even on technologies that do not deserve it. Instead of using those same technologies for the betterment of the country, there are a lot of things that Bitcoin can do for the present government, but they fail to explore it.
Dem fit no fit take advantage of am. Instead, we don see situations where government don put sanctions on people wey dey use Bitcoin, government no dey fund technologies for FinTech, and government dey shield new ideas wey dey come from people, especially concerning artificial intelligence for financial system or industry, and plenti other tins. Na im make some days back, if you fit remember, government bin lift ban on cryptocurrencies but still no gree make banks operate with am. So, e be like say dem dey take decision today, tomorrow dem go come ban the use of Binance exchange and some of these platforms wey don do well well to bring Bitcoin to pipo. Dem self don make mistakes as dem dey try stop pipo from operating those platforms. And suddendly, we see say dem bring the idea down and allow Binance to function.
So, if you look everything wey dey happen, you fit easily conclude say government never get one clear direction on tins, and e don dey like say na trial-by-error matter because dem no really understand wetin dey happen for the kontri. And dem no ready to listen, because na so I analyze am, even for Bitcoin environment. I mean, the online local exchanges fit bring plenti benefits to pipo to use. E be better alternative.
If I were the government, I would have funded the existence of more local exchanges and, of course, put some regulations through it so that it would be easier for the government to moderate things that are happening in the exchange environment, unlike the BDCs, which deals mostly in cash. I'm sure that a lot of people would like to operate without cash.
But some of those processes have been frustrated and have become a kind of monopoly within the BDCs, so that is the thing. As far as I'm concerned, there should be a good level of financial freedom amongst citizens, which can bring about confidence in the system.