{"id":196375,"date":"2021-08-07T14:16:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T13:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=196375"},"modified":"2024-03-01T16:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:29:51","slug":"nigeria-moved-40-million-via-peer-to-peer-bitcoin-btc-trades-last-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/nigeria-moved-40-million-via-peer-to-peer-bitcoin-btc-trades-last-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria moved $40 million via peer-to-peer Bitcoin (BTC) trades last month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usefultulips.org\/combined_Sub%20Saharan%20Africa_Page.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the ban, the country has been on the forefront amongst nations that have adopted the flagship asset in Africa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The absence of financial institutions in the trading sector of the asset gave rise to the need for an alternative method of trading\u2014P2P\u2014which, interestingly, has not adversely affected the growth of the space. In the past few months, the country has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-peer-to-peer-volumes-in-nigeria-continue-surging\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recorded over $30 million worth of Bitcoin trading volume.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Naira is the most traded currency against BTC in Africa<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data from the analytics platform, UsefulTulips, revealed Nigerian fiat currency (Naira) was the most traded for BTC in the last 30 days between July 4 and August 4, 2021, in which an equivalent of over $38 million was traded by Nigerians on two local P2P platforms, Paxful and LocalBitcoins. While the previous record of June 4 to July 4 saw over $37 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranked second with significant volume for Bitcoin among currencies in Africa is Kenya Shilling (KES). Kenya's trading in the last one month amounts to an equivalent of $14,054,477.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While in June to July record, the Kenya volume moved around $13,433,999. Ghana Cedis followed with $11,614,047 in the last month, against the June-July record of #11,367,511. 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