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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Nigeria Moves Gingerly To Tame Africa's Biggest Crypto Market

Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, is home to a thriving fintech sector (Credit: AFP)

Nigerian authorities are warily moving to regulate Africa's largest cryptocurrency market in long-delayed efforts to create legal certainty in a field still fraught with fraud and volatility.

For years, regulators and government officials have viewed cryptocurrencies and other digital assets with suspicion despite their popularity in the country.

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