Nigeria, omunye wezomnotho omkhulu wase-Afrika, uye waba umlingani we-BRICS, ukuhambisana nesimemezelo se-United States sobudlelwane obuqinile naleli zwe. Isimo esisha saseNigeria ku-BRICS kanye nokubambisana kwayo ne-USA kudala ukungezwani, njengoba ubumbano lunemibono ehlukene nge-cryptocurrencies nokubusa kwedola.
Ngo-Okthoba 23, 2024, i-Embassy yase-US eNigeria yamemezela isivumelwano samazwe amabili sokulwa nobugebengu be-cyber, kufaka phakathi izenzo ezingekho emthethweni nge-cryptocurrencies. Womabili la mazwe anamathela emithethweni eqinile yokuvimbela ukukhwabanisa imali, okwaholela ekuboshweni nasekuqulwe kwecala lalowo owayengu-CEO we-Binance uChangpeng Zhao.
INigeria ibeka isibili emhlabeni jikelele ekwamukelweni kwe-crypto njengoba ama-cryptocurrencies asebenza njengenye indlela yedola laseMelika elinqabile. Ngokusho Chainalysis, kusukela ngoJuni 2023 kuya kuJuni 2024, Nigeria wathola phezu $59 billion e cryptocurrency, kodwa imithetho esiqinile umkhawulo lokhu kungenzeka.
Ukubambisana ne-BRICS kusikisela ukwesekwa kweNigeria kokuzimela kwezomnotho eNtshonalanga, okuphikisana nezintshisekelo zaseMelika. I-BRICS ikhuthaza i-blockchain yokuhlala kwamazwe omhlaba, futhi amazwe amaningana obumbano asevele asebenzisa ama-cryptocurrencies ukugwema izigwebo.