Trade Lido DAO in Nigeria

This page answers one question for Nigeria: how a resident actually gets LDO exposure, and what the rules say.

Is Lido DAO trading legal in Nigeria?

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crypto is lawful, and the earlier posture — in which the Central Bank told banks not to service crypto businesses — has been replaced by a framework in which the activity is regulated.

What the contract is

A perpetual on LDO tracks price and does not confer ownership of the underlying — the same contract mechanics apply in every jurisdiction; what differs by country is legal status and funding rails.

Sign up on Canborsa with email, X or a wallet

No document upload to open the account. Canborsa is non-custodial: your collateral stays under your own keys until a position opens.

Email X Wallet

Fund the account with USDC

Deposit USDC over Canton, Robinhood Chain, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain or Arbitrum. Canborsa takes no fiat, so buying the USDC happens wherever you normally buy stablecoins.

→Robinhood Chain

Open LDO-PERP

Pick LDO in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 5x .

LDO-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of LDO at 5x uses $200 of collateral. Higher leverage moves the liquidation price closer to your entry: your exposure is the position size, whatever margin you posted. Set a stop-loss below your entry before you walk away.

Capital Gains Tax applies at a flat rate of 10% on all gains from cryptocurrency disposals for individuals.

Trading Lido DAO from Nigeria: legal.

Regulator for Lido DAO trading in Nigeria: Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria (SEC) covers virtual and digital assets and their operators; Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) covers bank accounts held by virtual asset service providers.

For Nigeria residents trading Lido DAO: Capital Gains Tax applies at a flat rate of 10% on all gains from cryptocurrency disposals for individuals.

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 residents can trade Lido DAO on 14 platforms, including Aevo, ApeX and Aster.