Nigeria’s Finance Ministry is reportedly in talks with the nation’s securities regulator to develop a brand new framework for blockchain and cryptocurrencies — a transfer that might speed up adoption in Africa’s largest economic system. 

Enterprise Day, a Nigerian market intelligence publication, reported Tuesday that the Ministry of Finance is working with the Abuja-based Securities and Alternate Fee, or SEC, to “present a regulatory atmosphere for blockchain” and digital property. The publication cites Ministry adviser Amstrong Takang talking at an trade occasion in Lagos on Tuesday.

Digital property are acknowledged as commodities and ruled by applicable securities regulation in Nigeria following the SEC’s gorgeous edict on the matter again in September. On the time, the SEC mentioned its position was to control this new asset class, not hinder adoption or innovation.

According to SEC Nigeria:

“The final goal of regulation is to not hinder know-how or stifle innovation, however to create requirements that encourage moral practices that in the end make for a good and environment friendly market.”

Bitcoin (BTC) and different cryptocurrencies are witnessing rising adoption in Nigeria because the nation struggles with capital controls, devaluation and new protests concentrating on police corruption.

Nigerian officers seem eager on adopting blockchain, with hopes of producing $10 billion in income from the brand new know-how by 2030.