The CEO of one of NoOnes who was the former CEO of Paxful, Ray Youssef said so. That crypto trading in Nigeria is 10x more than what is reported which are on centralized exchanges. That most crypto trading takes place on WhatsApp, Telegram, coffee shops and everywhere on the streets.
That’s a joke; the real volume is ten times more than that. That’s peer-to-peer, and that’s not just volume that has happened.” Youssef added that most of the P2P transactions do not happen on Binance or any other platform but on WhatsApp, Telegram, coffee shops and everywhere on the streets.
I did not know this exchange, NoOnes until now. I only know him as the former Paxful CEO. Is this a way to market his exchange or he is telling the truth?
I know some people in my street that do not know how to trade on Binance. All they need is a bitcoin wallet and a vendor which they can meet on social media or on the street.
How possible could that be? The people doing P2P on the street are more of a certain class in society as they do not want the government eyes on them but I don't think it's up to such an over exaggerated amount of 500bn naira. The NoOnes are not far from promotion as they wants some attention to be on them and if eventually they succeed with that it will be classified as reputation hence attract more customers.
One thing I know is that there is money in this country and a lot of efforts are being put to regulate the flow of the funds but yet it belongs to the same calibers of people making the deteriorated decisions.