Detained Binance Exec Pleads Not Guilty to Money Laundering Charges in Nigeria: Reports
Tigran Gambaryan was remanded pending trial, reports say.
Tigran Gambaryan was remanded pending trial, reports say.
The local tax watchdog last month filed charges in an Abuja court against Binance and the two executives who were detained in the country.
Regulatory crackdowns, and possibly whatever is happening in Nigeria.
One of two senior Binance executives in government custody has escaped, local media reported over the weekend.
Roughly 18 hours ago, a so-called whale transferred 12,000 ETH worth $42.8 million to Binance, according to Lookonchain.
The presence of U.S. nationals on the platform has been a contentious issue for authorities as, officially, they are banned but continue to pop up.
The interim order comes after an earlier report that Nigeria wanted Binance to give information regarding its top 100 users in the nation and all transaction history spanning the past six months.
55.76% of the ETHFI supply has been allocated to core contributors and investors.
Binance Labs says it is “an independent venture and not part of the Binance Group.”
The two men were arrested on Feb. 26 after arriving in Abuja to meet with Nigerian leaders who accused the crypto exchange of crashing the country’s currency, the naira.