奈及利亞 SEC 最快本月向加密貨幣交易所頒發許可證

奈及利亞 SEC 正計劃向加密資產服務提供者頒發許可證，以應對公民對這項技術的無畏採用

Nigerian regulators appear to be pivoting towards regulating the crypto sector after months of a heavy-handed crackdown.

經過數月的嚴厲打擊後，尼日利亞監管機構似乎正在轉向監管加密貨幣行業。

What Happened: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria is planning to license crypto asset service providers as early as this month, according to a Bloomberg report Tuesday.

發生了什麼事：據彭博社週二報道，尼日利亞證券交易委員會（SEC）計劃最早在本月向加密資產服務提供者頒發許可證。

The report said the agency planned to start issuing these licenses as soon as this month, citing statements by Director-General Emomotimi Agama to correspondents.

報道引述總幹事埃莫莫蒂米·阿加瑪 (Emotimi Agama) 向記者發表的聲明稱，該機構計劃最快本月開始發放這些許可證。

Agama, who described himself as “a crypto enthusiast,” said the agency wanted to ensure that the country’s large and crypto-savvy youth did not miss out on the benefits of the sector.

阿加瑪自稱是“加密貨幣愛好者”，他表示該機構希望確保該國大量精通加密貨幣的年輕人不會錯過該行業的好處。

The statements mark a departure from a crackdown in February 2024, during which the country pressured leading exchanges to delist the naira while blocking user access to their platforms.

這些聲明標誌著與 2024 年 2 月的鎮壓行動不同，當時該國向主要交易所施壓，要求下架奈拉，同時阻止用戶訪問其平台。

Meanwhile, in March 2024, the country’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the country’s tax authority, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), charged Binance with money laundering and tax evasion, respectively, in a legal battle that has seen an exchange executive incarcerated for nearly six months.

同時，2024 年 3 月，該國反腐敗機構經濟和金融犯罪委員會 (EFCC) 和該國稅務機關聯邦稅務局 (FIRS) 分別指控幣安洗錢和逃稅。高階主管被監禁近六個月。

The SEC has not been the only Nigerian agency to pivot towards regulations in recent days.

美國證券交易委員會並不是最近幾天唯一轉向監管的尼日利亞機構。

On Saturday, FIRS Chairman Zaach Adedeji reportedly disclosed that the agency is preparing a massive tax reform bill for lawmakers to consider. The regulator said the bill will also introduce guidelines for cryptocurrency taxation.

據報道，週六，FIRS 主席 Zaach Adedeji 透露，該機構正在準備一項大規模的稅收改革法案，供立法者考慮。監管機構表示，該法案還將引入加密貨幣稅收指南。

The FIRS chairman said the agency planned to formulate crypto regulations in a manner that would not harm Nigeria’s economic progress.

FIRS 主席表示，該機構計劃以不會損害尼日利亞經濟進步的方式製定加密法規。

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Why It Matters: The Nigerian government has been cracking down on the crypto sector in recent months over claims of currency manipulation, money laundering, and terrorism financing.

重要性：近幾個月來，奈及利亞政府一直在打擊加密貨幣產業，指控其涉嫌貨幣操縱、洗錢和恐怖主義融資。

Several leading crypto exchanges, including Binance, OKX, and KuCoin, were forced to remove the naira from their peer-to-peer (p2p) platforms as part of the crackdown, cutting off most users from their preferred crypto on and off ramps.

作為打擊行動的一部分，包括幣安、OKX 和KuCoin 在內的幾家領先的加密貨幣交易所被迫從其點對點(p2p) 平台上移除奈拉，從而切斷了大多數用戶與其首選加密貨幣的進出通道。

The move impacted crypto adoption in the country, which had been using p2p trading to circumvent capital controls and a banking sector largely hostile to crypto.

此舉影響了該國加密貨幣的採用，該國一直在使用點對點交易來規避資本管制，而銀行業對加密貨幣基本上持敵意。

Despite the crackdown, crypto adoption in Nigeria has remained high, with the country ranking among the top 10 in the Chainalysis 2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index.

儘管受到打擊，尼日利亞的加密貨幣採用率仍然很高，該國在 Chainaanalysis 2023 年全球加密貨幣採用指數中名列前十。

The pivot towards licensing and regulation by Nigerian regulators could signal an attempt to balance concerns over financial crime and capital flight with the need to support a thriving crypto sector.

尼日利亞監管機構轉向許可和監管可能標誌著試圖平衡對金融犯罪和資本外逃的擔憂與支持蓬勃發展的加密行業的需要。