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The Nigerian government is set on passing a legislation that will recognize #Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The news was brought forward by Nigerian-based Punch Newspapers following an interview with Babangida Ibrahim, the chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Capital Markets.
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