Binance announces withdrawal from Nigerian fiat currency service, to automatically convert to USDT on 3/8

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Binance announces withdrawal from Nigerian fiat currency service, to automatically convert to USDT on 3/8

Recently, there were reports that the Nigerian government is seeking $100 billion in compensation from Binance due to its significant impact on the local fiat currency exchange rate (which has depreciated by over 70% in the past year). However, the actual situation has yet to be further confirmed. Today (3/5), Binance announced that it will be discontinuing Nigerian Naira (NGN) services and withdrawing from the country's fiat currency market.

Binance Announces Withdrawal of Nigerian Naira (NGN) Fiat Services

Binance has announced that as of 8:00 AM UTC on 3/8 (4:00 PM Taiwan Time), any remaining NGN balances in users' Binance accounts will be automatically converted to USDT at a rate of 1 USDT = 1,515.13 NGN.

  • All NGN trading pairs on the P2P market were removed on 2/28 at 15:00 UTC
  • Deposits in NGN will not be supported after 3/5 at 14:00 UTC
  • Withdrawals in NGN will not be supported after 3/8 at 06:00 UTC

In addition, NGN will no longer be supported for spot trading and payment functions.