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Binance to stop services in Nigerian Naira amid crackdown on crypto exchanges
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- 05 March, 2024
- 13:10
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Binance will stop all transactions and trading in Nigeria's local currency after March 8 amid a country-wide crackdown on crypto exchanges that have been blamed by authorities for feeding a black market for foreign exchange, Report informs referring to Reuters.
It will stop supporting withdrawals after Friday and any remaining balances in Nigerian Naira will be automatically converted into Tether - a stablecoin whose value is pegged to the US dollar.
Last week, Nigerian authorities detained two Binance senior executives on undisclosed charges as part of the crackdown.
They were still in custody, their local lawyer said before a parliamentary committee on Monday.
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