Reprieve As Nigeria’s Regulator Issues Progressive Cryptocurrency Rules

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Reprieve As Nigeria’s Regulator Issues Progressive Cryptocurrency Rules

Ko te Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) o Nigeria kua whakaputa i nga ture hou e whai ana ki te whakahaere i nga rawa mamati i roto i te whenua, e tohu ana i te tino whakaae o nga rawa crypto i roto i te iwi tino nui o Awherika.

Ko nga ture, kei roto i te tuhinga 54-wharangi e kitea ana he hanga taupatupatu i waenga i te aukati i nga rawa mamati me te ahua kore ture o aua rawa i roto i te motu.

The document sets out the requirements for the registration of Bitcoin and digital asset providers while specifically stating that digital assets are securities regulated by the SEC. Entities looking to offer digital asset services in Nigeria will have to disclose various documents such as the project’s white paper as well as pay registration fees to secure a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license.

Ka tukuna ano e nga ture nga whakaritenga uaua ki runga i nga Paerewa Whakahere Taonga Mamati (DAOP) e whai ana ki te tiaki i nga kaipupuri moni. Ko nga DAOP me whai tikanga KYC kaha, mahere whakaora kino, whakahaere morearea, me nga ahuatanga haumaru kaha. I tua atu, me whakamahi nga kaitono i nga ture aukati moni whakaheke moni me te whakapau kaha ki te whawhai i nga moni whakawetiweti.

The rules come 20 months after the commission issued another statement that sought to classify and spell out the treatment of digital assets. In the statement, SEC had stated that “virtual crypto assets are securities unless proven otherwise,” promising to come up with a regulatory framework for the sector.

He rereke ano te tuunga o SEC ki tera o te Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nana i aukati nga peeke ki te tuku ratonga crypto i te tau 2020, ka whakaheke i te moni mai i Nigeria me te aukati i te tangohanga me te tipu o te waahi taonga matihiko i te motu. Mai i te aukati i te tauhokohoko, kua hoki whakamuri nga peeke me nga umanga putea nui i te mataku kei te tata te riri o nga whaina nui me te whakakore i nga whakaaetanga pakihi. I tera marama, i tukuna e te CBN he $1.9 miriona taara ki runga i nga peeke a-whare e toru mo te whakahaere i nga whakawhitinga crypto.

Ko nga whakaritenga i roto i nga ture SEC penei i nga papa tuku tohu me nga whakawhitinga ki te pupuri i nga putea whakawhirinaki me o raatau peeke ka taea te whakangawari i te kawe crypto a CBN.

E ai ki tera, ahakoa te aukati a te kawanatanga ki nga rawa mamati, nga rangatahi o Nigeria, Ko te taupori mohio hangarau kua mau tonu ki te tango i nga moni crypto, which has especially been fueled by the emergence of peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions. According to an April report by  KuCoin, about 33.4 million Nigerians, which accounts for 35% of the population aged between 18-60 currently use or have owned cryptocurrencies, with 70% of that group saying that they plan on adding more cryptos to their portfolios.

Kuputuhi taketake: ZyCrypto