Bitcoin... Litecoin... Ethereum. Cryptocurrencies continue to dominate the headlines. What's going on in Nigeria's cryptocurrency landscape, how have regulators responded, and what does the future hold? Our guest today is Timi Ajiboye, co-founder and CEO of BuyCoins, a service that enables users trade cryptocurrencies. Timi shares what he's learned from building one of Nigeria's largest cryptocurrency platforms.
Bitcoin... Litecoin... Ethereum. Cryptocurrencies continue to dominate the headlines. What's going on in Nigeria's cryptocurrency landscape, how have regulators responded, and what does the future hold?
Our guest today is Timi Ajiboye, co-founder and CEO of BuyCoins, a service that enables users trade cryptocurrencies. Timi shares what he's learned from building one of Nigeria's largest cryptocurrency platforms.
00:00 - Introduction
01:07:12 - Timi's journey to founding a cryptocurrency exchange
02:00:15 - A brief introduction to cryptocurrencies
03:34:22 - The inspiration behind BuyCoins
06:50:11 - The process of introducing BuyCoins to Nigerians
09:20:28 - BuyCoins' goals for 2020 - expansion and more
11:00:21 - Milestones and volumes
11:52:27 - [Paystack Merchant Alert] Introducing Aella Credit paystack.com/aellacredit
12:48:00 - Exploring the cryptocurrency regulation landscape across Africa
14:47:17 - The question of regulation in Nigeria
16:28:17 - How BuyCoins maintains customer safety
18:56:17 - What Nigeria stands to gain from trading cryptocurrencies
21:32:00 - The most important question
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