Nigeria moved $40 million via peer-to-peer Bitcoin (BTC) trades last month
The global crypto market cap is $1.77 trillion with a 24-hour volume of $117.73 billion. The price of Bitcoin is $42,943.86 and the BTC dominance is at 45.5%.
by Oluwapelumi Adejumo
Data on Bitcoin peer-to-peer trading has shown that nearly $40 million worth of the leading digital asset was moved in the last 30 days by Nigerian Bitcoin users This figure is in line with those the African country had recorded since her government banned financial institutions from providing their services for crypto transactions.
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