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Gwadebe highlighted Binance's role in exerting more pressure on the currency, saying the exchange was the most liquid market.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As I speak, Binance is the most liquid market. They do 1.2 million transactions per second. So it\u2019s a very liquid market but that is not a scary status, we can break it through our local content and peculiarities.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We have to do something that can stop Binance. It\u2019s a competition; we need to ban Binance and the only way to do so is if we have liquidity.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Binance did not respond to <em>CryptoSlate's<\/em> request for comment as of press time.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the Nigerian Central Bank moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/currencies\/nigerias-central-bank-moves-unify-exchange-rates-2023-06-14\/\">unify<\/a> all forex exchange (FX) market segments, ending its strict control of the local currency.<\/p>\n<p>However, the move has not eased up the pressure on Naira, as the currency devalued to more than 900 Naira to $1 on the parallel markets. In comparison, according to the apex bank website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbn.gov.ng\/rates\/exchratebycurrency.asp\">data<\/a>, it traded for around 768 Naira on the official market.<\/p>\n<h2>Binance is popular in Nigeria<\/h2>\n<p>Binance is one of the most popular crypto platforms in the African country. Through its peer-to-peer services, the exchange could circumvent the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/nigerias-central-bank-moves-to-prohibit-bitcoin-and-cryptocurrencies\/\">ban<\/a> imposed by the Nigerian Central Bank on crypto trading activities.<\/p>\n<p>The firm's dominance in the region was further cemented after <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ftx-finds-only-1-btc-out-of-1591-customer-owned-at-time-of-collapse\/\">FTX collapsed<\/a> last November. 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