BREAKING: CBN Governor Set To Unban Bitcoin In Nigeria

CBN Governor is set to unban Bitcoin in Nigeria.

Onyxnews reports that CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele during the 279th MPR meeting held on Tuesday, May 25 in Abuja assured Nigerians that digital currencies will have a place in the country again.

He said, “We have carried out our investigation and we found out that a substantial percentage of our people are getting involved in cryptocurrency which is not the best. Don’t get me wrong, some may be legitimate but most are illegitimate.”

Under cryptocurrency and Bitcoin, Nigeria comes 2nd while in the global side of the economy, Nigeria comes 27th. We are still conducting our investigation and we will make our data available.”

Emefiele said his concerns surrounding digital assets using the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk’s uncertainty as an example.

“We saw the market collapse. Initially, when Elon Musk tweeted around the time when we said our banking and payment facilities are no longer available for cryptocurrency transactions and he tweeted that he will invest $1.5 billion and the price (Bitcoin) went up. He now tweeted and raised a few concerns and the thing (Cryptocurrency) plunged.”

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After voicing out his concerns, the CBN governor went ahead to say, “We are committed in the CBN and I can assure everybody that digital currency will come to life even in Nigeria.”