Nigeria drops charges against Binance cryptocurrency boss

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad.

Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip to Nigeria in February and later charged alongside his company Binance with laundering $35.4m (£28m) – which they denied.

The 40-year-old was in charge of financial crime compliance at Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange that Nigeria blames for much of its recent economic turmoil.

It accused the digital platform – where investors can buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies – of fixing exchange rates and currency speculation leading to the free-fall of the local currency.

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