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Odaily Planet Daily News: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has signed a virtual assets executive order aimed at regulating virtual assets and cracking down on unregistered operators. The measure has taken immediate effect and will establish a new oversight framework to coordinate the fragmented regulatory environment.



The newly established Virtual Assets Committee will serve as the primary policy-making and coordination body, chaired by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), with the Nigerian Tax Authority and the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (NSEC) serving as vice chairs.



A Virtual Assets Office will be established within the CBN to handle daily inter-agency operations and information sharing. Securities-related financial activities will be managed by the NSEC, while payment, settlement, and custody services for non-security virtual assets will be managed by the CBN.



The CBN plans to launch a regulatory sandbox, allowing qualified operators to test virtual asset products and blockchain solutions in a monitored environment. The Virtual Assets Committee is required to develop an implementation framework for the executive order within 30 days.