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Why the government and traditional media houses in India need crypto-savvy people to help them make more informed choices when policy-making and reporting on #crypto? A rant / thread: (1/29)
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Based on the current narratives coming out from government sources and mainstream Indian media, it is likely that there are gaps in understanding the scale and complexity of developments that have happened in crypto after 2017.
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Some common refrains that I have been hearing from 2017 till today are - "ponzi", "blockchain-good-crypto-bad", "private currency", "terror funding", "capital flight", "all cryptos are currencies", "Chinese control", "used by criminals", "untraceable",…
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Nigerian Central Bank Officially Ban Banks From Dealing With Crypto

Time for a thread

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1/ I’ve gotten plenty of inquiries today following news that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has prohibited banks from servicing cryptocurrency exchanges.
2/ CBN also ordered banks to identify their customers who deal with cryptocurrency and block their accounts if they continue to do so.

Many of you are probably wondering what’s going on, and what’s the way forward.

I’ll try to explain it in this thread in the simplest way I can
3/ What Happened?

The CBN issued an order

cbn.gov.ng/Out/2021/CCD/L…

Banks can no longer allow cryptocurrency exchanges to hold bank accounts with them.

Banks will also no longer allow customers to use their accounts to receive or send payments associated with cryptocurrency.
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