{"id":194878,"date":"2021-07-13T08:03:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T07:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=194878"},"modified":"2024-03-01T16:29:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:29:52","slug":"bitcoin-peer-to-peer-volumes-in-nigeria-continue-surging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-peer-to-peer-volumes-in-nigeria-continue-surging\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin, Ethereum peer-to-peer volumes in Nigeria continue surging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the crypto ban in <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/currency-devaluation-in-nigeria-is-driving-a-crypto-boom-in-the-country\/\">Nigeria<\/a>, the country has recorded massive growth in its peer-to-peer bitcoin trade volumes in recent times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usefultulips.org\/combined_NGN_Page.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data<\/span><\/a> has revealed that in the month of June, citizens of the country traded around $38 million worth of digital assets \u2014the second time the country has recorded volume above $35 million. The first time this happened was in March when the country had over $38 million worth of transactions.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Nigeria\u2019s growing crypto use<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Per the data, in the months of April and May, trades of $35.2 million and $34.9 million were recorded. The lowest trading volume that has been recorded happened in the month of February where $31 million worth of the crypto assets were traded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This means that the country\u2019s interest in crypto has continued to grow despite the ban imposed on trading by the apex bank of the country. It would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbn.gov.ng\/Out\/2021\/CCD\/Letter%20on%20Crypto.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recalled<\/span><\/a> that the Central bank of Nigeria ordered all financial institutions within the country to stop offering their services to crypto-related firms. The bank went ahead to threaten defaulters with sanctions if they fail to comply with the policy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, citizens of the country have sought an alternative way of accessing the industry and have consistently recorded growth in their trading volume.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Other African countries follow suit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nigeria is not the only African country that has continued to record growth in its crypto space. The report also shows that other countries in the continent are also growing massively in the crypto space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Per the report, Kenya is the second African country to record massive trading volume. Though its volume dropped to around $13 million, this is the first month in which its upward trajectory had declined. This means the country traded volume had been positive for the most part in 2021.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194879\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-194879 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/EAF6849F-A7C8-47A3-9B3A-5160D433C35C-1024x430.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/EAF6849F-A7C8-47A3-9B3A-5160D433C35C-1024x430.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/EAF6849F-A7C8-47A3-9B3A-5160D433C35C-300x126.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/EAF6849F-A7C8-47A3-9B3A-5160D433C35C-768x322.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/EAF6849F-A7C8-47A3-9B3A-5160D433C35C-1536x645.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/EAF6849F-A7C8-47A3-9B3A-5160D433C35C-2048x860.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: UsefulTulips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also, Ghana traded volume has usurped that of South Africa. The west African country saw its volume reach double figures for the month of June, making it 3rd on the list. While South Africa now ranks as the fourth with a trading volume of $7.7 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the crypto ban in Nigeria, the country has recorded massive growth in its peer-to-peer bitcoin trade volumes in recent times.\u00a0 Available data has revealed that in the month of June, citizens of the country traded around $38 million worth of digital assets \u2014the second time the country has recorded volume above $35 million. 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