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Nigeria dwarfs Africa in Bitcoin P2P amid CBN crypto ban

The recent CBN crypto ban has not stopped Nigeria from topping P2P transactions in Africa.

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February 11, 2021
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Despite the regulation released by Nigeria’s apex bank (CBN), six days ago against transacting in cryptocurrency. Nigeria 

According to a recent study seen by Nairametrics, data retrieved from Usefultulips (a Bitcoin analytic data provider) revealed that the use of Bitcoin for peer to peer lending in Nigeria surged.

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Nigeria led the pack with about $7.35 million in P2P trading on LocalBitcoins and Paxful, while the closest rival, Kenya, had a transactional value of just $2.86 million during the past week. South Africa came in third with a transactional value of $2.38 million.

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