FILE PHOTO: Abolaji Odunjo, a gadget vendor who trades with bitcoin, demonstrates a bitcoin application on his mobile phone in Lagos, Nigeria August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian art dealer Ebuka Joseph started using cryptocurrencies last year when business ground to a halt due to COVID-19. Now he is hooked even though the financial authorities disapprove.
"Crypto just allows me to transact freely and within minutes we are done with our transactions," the 28-year-old told Reuters from a friend's studio in Lagos where he displays his works.
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