April 25, (THEWILL) – The Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN) says a discover circulating on social media in regards to the danger of cryptocurrency didn’t originate from it and, due to this fact, is pretend information.
The CBN disclosed this by way of its official X account, urging the general public to ignore the purported discover for all Deposits Cash Financial institution, Non-Financial institution Monetary Establishments, and different Monetary Establishments.
The apex financial institution acknowledged that though the mentioned discover reminded “establishments that dealing in cryptocurrencies and facilitating funds for cryptocurrency exchanges is prohibited,” the content material doesn’t originate from it.
“This data doesn’t originate from the Central Financial institution of Nigeria. For genuine updates, please go to the official web site,” the CBN wrote.
THEWILL remembers that the CBN Governor, in the course of the Financial institution’s current Financial Coverage Committee (MPC) assembly, mentioned “over $26 billion funnelled by way of Binance”.
On April 23, the Chairman of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, mentioned the anti-graft company froze about 300 accounts to make sure the security of the international trade market.
It’s broadly believed that most of the affected accounts have been associated to cryptocurrency transactions.
The Nigerian Authorities had continued clamping down on Binance and different cryptocurrency platforms amid efforts to defend the naira within the international trade market.
The present appreciation of the naira within the official and parallel international trade markets is traced to the affect of the battle towards cryptocurrency transactions in Nigeria.