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Story: Does Africa Lead the World in Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin (BTC) Trading Volume Growth

By James Thorp

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Documenting Bitcoin points to how Africa leads the world in peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading volume growth so far this year.

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Someone asked for the source of this statement:  Nairametrics reports:  “President Buhari can no longer ignore Africa’s largest crypto market.

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Some were like:  This is because peer-to-peer sales of Bitcoin is effectively outlawed elsewhere. In the U.S.

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A crypto enthusiast published a statement:  Looking at that Crypto was banned in Nigeria this year by the Central Bank.

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However, someone gave a correction to the statement:  Financial institutions were banned from officially carrying out crypto transactions.

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It just looks like after El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as a legal tender, many small and developing countries are going to legalize or at least bring rules around Crypto.

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Following the pandemic there has been a rapid increase in the unemployment rates. There are increasing numbers of Nigerians working remotely.

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Africa will be a huge impact in safety Decentralized finance projects like DeFi enabled BTC.

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Critics are like:  You underestimate the power of the developed countries. They will continue to exploit the underdeveloped in the long run.

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