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Due to the rapid decline of the naira and the resulting almost three-decade-high inflation rate of 29.9%, the Nigerian government has turned its focus to platforms providing cryptocurrency services.
Some Nigerian crypto enthusiasts believe that the country’s decision to halt naira trading on cryptocurrency exchanges will likely worsen matters for the volatile fiat currency.
In an interview with Cointelegraph, Rume Ophi, the executive secretary of the Stakeholders in Blockchain Technology Association of Nigeria (SiBAN), stated that the official Nigerian narrative that global cryptocurrency platforms contributed to the naira’s depreciation is impractical.
Ophi said Nigeria can effectively regulate the cryptocurrency industry through a framework introduced by the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2022.
Former CEO Changpeng Zhao cannot be Binance's beneficiary if it wants to keep its French license.
Binance France has new shareholders who own 100% of the company equally between them. The move was necessary after the country’s Financial Markets Authority (AMF) sent the company a warning in December.
According to a blog post, the AMF informed Binance France that it had to take action in response to the problems that arose between the original beneficial owner and the United States Justice Department, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. In other words, former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao could no longer own the company.
The post indicated that Zhao had already withdrawn from the company. He pleaded guilty to the U.S. charges in November and has been sentenced to four months in prison in the United States, although he has yet to begin his prison term.