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Nigeria has escalated its confrontation with cryptocurrency giant Binance by filing tax evasion charges against the platform and seeking an international arrest warrant for Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance’s regional manager for Africa. Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan, was previously arrested in connection with an investigation into Binance’s activities in Nigeria but escaped custody last week. This development has spurred collaboration between Nigerian authorities and Interpol to locate him. Anjarwalla and Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, were detained upon arriving in N…