Bitcoin. My Thoughts on Why Monero and Litecoin Are Up? Bitcoin in Nigeria News.
All prices are given in USD.
Hello everyone. My name is Nick, the host of Sobuka where I give commentary and opinions on what is going on in the cryptocurrency industry with respect to the southern and eastern hemisphere. This includes covering regions like Africa, Latin America, Middle East, and the South Asian Pacific to include Australia. For people already subscribed to my channel, I only alert you on 1 new video per day. So make sure you check into the channel from time to time for full videos.
So before I jump into some news about Nigeria, I want to talk for a few minutes about this market. The price of a Bitcoin has been holding steady at about $4300. The two coins that have really exploded during the past 24 hours have been Monero which is currently priced at $140.00 and Litecoin which is priced at around $60.00.[3] For people out there, this is not regular buyers purchasing these coins at all. This could be huge wales and institutional investors. The time when I saw a huge market cap increase within a 24 hour period was when it was confirmed and announced that JP Morgan was involved in ZCash and Ethereum. At the time, both cryptocurrencies was around the $100.00 price level, thus doubling their market cap days later. And please, I am not saying that JP Morgan in involved here. All I am saying is that this is not your ordinary investor at all. And so the floodgates that was meant to keep these prices suppressed at their former levels the past few months have been let open. These cryptocurrencies have helped the current overall coin market cap to jump to $160 billion which is an 800% percent increase within the year. But not just that we are seeing new ICOs being released and a lot of crazy prices like in IOTA, NEO, and even small market cap cryptocurrencies such as Monaco, kick serious butt during the last couple of days.
How High Can It Go?!
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Impact of Blockchain Will Be Felt In Africa
There is news from Nigeria on how maximum impact on blockchain will be felt in Africa but not in the west.[1] But I am not sure on whether the article is referring to the "west" being the United States to include Western Europe or West Africa. But regardless, the article brings to mention interesting points about the banking system in Nigeria with respect to blockchain. So if you guys do not already know, Nigerian banks are not allowed to transact with Bitcoin similar to everywhere else around the world. So normally what folks in Nigeria would do is cash out their Bitcoins or switch it for fiat currencies like Naira or USD via online peer-to-peer exchanges like LocalBitcoins. Alternatively in some cases, Nigerians can use local on-line exchanges like BitPesa to buy and sell Bitcoins.[5]
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But I do feel that banks not just in Nigeria but elsewhere in other parts of the world will slowly adapt a Bitcoin-friendly awareness and attitude in the near future to avoid the fear of missing out or FOMO for short. There are special banking platforms that are already coming out such as Ripple. Their platform would offer services that will speed up remittances where people do not have to send funds back and forth. So honestly, it’s a matter of time before banks can avoid being behind the 8 ball. Now I am not certain if Ripple is a blockchain technology or just a centralized database, but whatever the case, folks have tested it in places like the Middle East and even China. And the testers have loved the platform.[2] (To folks who are not aware, Ripple is a company specializing in banking platforms to help speed up monetary transactions. Some of the top banks in the Asian Pacific are involved in this technology.)
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So as far as all that, there’s really nothing new in Bitcoin Nigeria. People currently are speculating into Bitcoin and using it to transact to buy goods or make a living for a business. We will have to see on what the government will do next. Maybe the Nigerian government would like to take the path like South Africa by offering a sandbox experiment to allow them to learn about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in a vacuum like environment.[4] But hey who knows?! Time will tell if banks in Nigeria and on the west coast will be fast to adapt to the growing changes given the huge Bitcoin and cryptocurrency tide sweeping the continent.
That’s all I have for Nigeria folks. If you like this content, please click the Like button or Upvote on Steemit. You can follow me here on Steemit or subscribe on YouTube. For more deeper content, below are sources.
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Relevant Sources
[1]. “Maximum Impact Of Blockchain Will Be Felt In Africa, Not In The West: Opinion." By Iyke Aru. 8/27/2017. https://cointelegraph.com/news/maximum-impact-of-blockchain-will-be-felt-in-africa-not-in-the-west-opinion
[2]. "Bitcoin Countdown. 7 Days Till Aug 1st. Middle East and Ripple Meet. Coinbase Bans Cuba. Tanzania." By Sobuka. 7/28/2017. https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@sobuka/bitcoin-countdown-7-days-till-aug-1st-middle-east-and-ripple-meet-coinbase-bans-cuba-tanzania
[3]. "Coin Market Cap." By Coin Market Cap. 8/28/2017. https://coinmarketcap.com/
[4]. "Korea Legalizes Bitcoin South Africa Regulates BTC Trump Trade Impacts Latin America and DubaiCoin." By Sobuka. 7/28/2017. https://steemit.com/korea/@sobuka/korea-legalizes-bitcoin-south-africa-regulates-btc-trump-trade-impacts-latin-america-and-dubaicoin
[5]. "1 Bitcoin = 2.60 oz of Gold. Australia Venezuela Mexico South Africa India and Kenya." By Sobuka. 8/7/2017. https://steemit.com/gold/@sobuka/1-bitcoin-2-60-oz-of-gold-australia-venezuela-mexico-south-africa-india-and-kenya
Nice post so you got my upvote.
thank you sir!!
Great job. Upvoted on both platforms
thanks Opmac. just moved to AZ. So I will be posting more frequently and doing some different things just to experiment here and there and build my media craft for side fun. Did not know you also worked in IT. Very cool.
Hi boss, the fiat currency is called Naira, not Nira, please fix the typo. Yes we have a lot of places where we can change our bitcoins to our local currency (naira). They include but not limited to Localbitcoins, Remitano, Luno, etc.
Cryptocurrency is getting a lot of attention. There is even the first ICO coming from Nigeria. Take a look here. It's running on Waves platform. The Nigerian ICO is live on telegram here. They just recently concluded pre ICO.
I didn't get on the Monero train but I'm definitely enjoying the litecoin bull run.
thanks. I will fix that too!!!
That's nice.