Nigerian Agency Gets Nod to Freeze $330,000 in Crypto Users’ Bank Accounts
A Nigerian anti-corruption agency froze bank accounts (over $330,000) belonging to suspected cryptocurrency users on global platforms like Kucoin and Bybit. The agency believes these users manipulated the Nigerian curren...
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