Nigeria settled the question at the level of statute. The Investments and Securities Act 2025, gazetted on 2 May 2025, writes “virtual and digital assets” into the definition of securities, and it gives the Securities and Exchange Commission the job of registering and regulating virtual and digital asset exchanges, virtual asset service providers and digital asset operators. So holding and trading crypto is lawful, and the earlier posture — in which the Central Bank told banks not to service crypto businesses — has been replaced by a framework in which the activity is regulated.
The contract itself does not change by geography: a FET perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.
4 venues open ASI Alliance perps to traders in Nigeria.
Aster
gTrade
Helix
HyperliquidFour steps from sign-up to an open position.
Capital Gains Tax applies at a flat rate of 10% on all gains from cryptocurrency disposals for individuals.
Trading ASI Alliance from Nigeria: legal.
Capital Gains Tax applies at a flat rate of 10% on all gains from cryptocurrency disposals for individuals.
For ASI Alliance traders in Nigeria: Virtual asset service providers in Nigeria must obtain an SEC licence to operate in digital currency and meet criteria before they can access banking services.
Nigeria traders can fund ASI Alliance positions using Bank Transfer, Debit Card and Mobile Money (PalmPay, Kuda).
7 platforms serve Nigeria for ASI Alliance trading, among them Aster, Extended and GMX.