Nigeria’s new digital economy rules leave gaps in crypto regulation – financial law expert explains

Nigerian president Bola Tinubu signed an executive order in mid-2026 aimed at harmonising the country’s oversight of the digital economy. The press statement said the order was responding “to a regulatory environment that has become fragmented as virtual assets increasingly blur the traditional boundaries between currencies, money, commodities and securities”. Iwa Salami, a professor of financial law and regulation, examines whether the executive order plugs the gaps in Nigeria’s crypto-asset…