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Nigeria Formalises Crypto Taxation Across Bitcoin, Stablecoins and NFTs

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Nigeria has published its first comprehensive virtual assets tax guidelines, formally establishing how Bitcoin, stablecoins, and NFTs will be taxed across income, capital gains, VAT, and stamp duty categories. Senior Web3 lawyer Senator Ihenyen has publicly questioned whether the framework represents genuine regulatory legitimisation or primarily a revenue mechanism, adding a critical professional voice to an ongoing industry debate.

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How Bitcoin, stablecoins and NFTs will be taxed in Nigeria · businessday.ng · T2
Legitimisation or revenue grab? Top Web3 lawyer Senator Ihenyen on Nigeria’s new Virtual Assets Tax Guidelines · technext24.com · T2

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Aug 4, 2026✦ Take
Nigeria Formalises Crypto Tax Rules
Nigeria's tax authority has issued its first formal framework for virtual asset taxation, covering crypto income at 30 percent, capital gains, staking, VAT, and a 1.5 percent stamp duty collectible in-kind in Bitcoin or USDT. The rules mandate Tax ID verification for all new crypto account activations and impose N10 million fines on non-compliant exchanges. The framework ends years of regulatory ambiguity for Africa's largest crypto market and is expected to influence peer regulators across the continent.