Friday, November 22African Digital Business Magazine

Tag: Cryptocurrency Investment

Fintech, Nigeria News

Top 5 Reasons Why Nigerian Pioneer Bitcoin Remittances

A survey by Statista found that around 32 percent of people in Nigeria use cryptocurrencies and this is the highest proportion of a population in the world. In terms of trade volume, the country stands in 3rd position after the United States of American and Russia with a transaction value of more than 400 million dollars. This virtual currency is booming in Nigeria although there is a banking ban on it, traders discovered ways against government ban like the other parts of the world. As per the blockchain research firm Chainalysis, the amount of crypto received by the Nigerian crypto community has been constantly growing. The use of crypto in international trade also surged in Nigeria, people tried to use the currency to proxy the US dollar. Since the beginning of 2021, Nigerians traded 50...
Fintech, South Africa News

South Africa: The South African revenue service joins the global rise of crypto-wars

By Prenisha Govender, Associate and Keketso Kgomosotho, Candidate Attorney, Tax Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg. The growing popularity of cryptocurrencies worldwide, which is increasingly leading to its stronger footing in international business, has awakened tax authorities everywhere to a possible new revenue stream from unreported gains. Over recent years, we've seen a marked increase in crackdowns on cryptocurrency traders - all the way from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the United States (US) to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in the United Kingdom (UK), and now the South African Revenue Service (SARS). It was only a matter of time until SARS joined the party, given that in terms of both market value and volume, South Africa is reported to be one of the top t...