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Empowering a Nation: Crypto’s Growing Impact on Nigeria

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Suleiman Lala

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"PHJEb1Or" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Suleiman Lala<&sol;p><div class&equals;"jd8aezzG" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Many Nigerians have embraced cryptocurrency as a response to the country&&num;8217&semi;s economic difficulties&period; Nigeria is now one of the leading countries where cryptocurrency is seen as a viable alternative&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Think back a few years when many viewed crypto miners as either psychopaths or jobless&comma; yet today the entire nation&comma; including men and women of all ages&comma; has embraced mining&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Numerous experts and skilled individuals perceive Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s embrace of cryptocurrency as a detrimental development for the country&&num;8217&semi;s progress&period; They argue that easy money will exacerbate youth laziness&comma; echoing the sentiments of the former president who famously remarked&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Nigerian youth are lazy&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"feqrHd4w" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>But there are other experts who perceive it as a major accomplishment for Nigerians&period; Cryptocurrency has emerged as a vital income stream for many&comma; empowering them with capital to invest in local markets and initiate their own ventures&comma; free from dependence on the government or waiting for traditional employment opportunities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Crypto has essentially become a lifeline for Nigerians&comma; particularly as the majority of citizens haven&&num;8217&semi;t received any hardship subsidies from the government&period; Despite the federal government&&num;8217&semi;s failure to deliver a 25 thousand naira relief payment to ease the recession&&num;8217&semi;s impact and its inability to raise the minimum wage to 60 thousand naira&comma; people are earning substantial amounts using just their phones and computers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although every positive aspect has its accompanying negatives&comma; cryptocurrency stands out as a remarkable achievement for Nigerians&comma; providing them with joy&comma; happiness&comma; and income opportunities that the government has been unable to deliver&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Nigerian government poses a formidable challenge to the cryptocurrency sector&period; Recent arrests of Binance staff members have spurred the exchange&&num;8217&semi;s CEO to publicly condemn the country&&num;8217&semi;s leadership&period; This has resulted in other exchanges like OKX and KuCoin following suit by suspending Naira transactions on their platforms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many of us firmly believe that enable regulations for cryptocurrency adoption by the Federal government could foster the development of Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s currency market&comma; mirroring the supportive regulatory frameworks observed in countries like the United States&comma; Switzerland&comma; Japan&comma; and numerous others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Attempting to ban cryptocurrency could have serious repercussions for the government&comma; potentially leading to widespread resentment among Nigerians&period; Those who attempt to do so may face significant consequences in 2027&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>-Sulaiman Lala Jr<br &sol;>&NewLine;&commat;sulaimanibrahimlala&commat;gmail&period;com<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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