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All rates →KWIQ Naira Crypto Report · December 2022
New naira notes arrived in December 2022 as Bitcoin ended the year at $16,530
Bitcoin fell 3.7% in December 2022, from $17,165 to $16,530, and ether fell 7.7%. USDT traded at a median of ₦739.07 on Quidax, 65.7% above the CBN’s official rate, which averaged ₦445.97.
Based on anonymised sales on KWIQ in December 2022, and public market data. Percentages and rates only. How we measure
On KWIQ in December 2022
Bitcoin’s share of crypto sales
98.9%
USDT: 0.3%
Crypto’s share of all trades
35.7%
Gift cards: 64.3%
Payouts to fintech accounts
13.9%
Of payouts with a known bank
Crypto sales vs the month before
−27.6%
Change in the number of sales
What Nigerians sold on KWIQ
By naira value, Bitcoin was 98.9% of crypto sales and USDT 0.3%.
View as a table
| Coin | Share of crypto sales |
|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 98.9% |
| USDT | 0.3% |
| Ethereum | 0.9% |
| Other coins | 0% |
USDT’s share, month by month
USDT’s share of crypto sales by value in each month of 2022 up to December 2022.
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| Month | USDT share of crypto sales |
|---|---|
| Aug | 0% |
| Sep | 0% |
| Oct | 0% |
| Nov | 0.7% |
| Dec | 0.3% |
Crypto vs gift cards
Crypto made up 35.7% of all trades on KWIQ by naira value, and gift cards 64.3%.
Where the naira went
13.9% of payouts went to fintech accounts rather than commercial banks.
Among payouts with a known receiving bank. The bank wasn’t recorded for 2.1% of payouts.
When people sold
Friday was the busiest day, and 5pm to 6pm the busiest hour (Lagos time).
Busiest day
Friday
Busiest hour
5pm to 6pm
Peak hour vs an average hour
+133.6%
View as a table
| Day | Share of crypto sales |
|---|---|
| Monday | 13.3% |
| Tuesday | 11.5% |
| Wednesday | 15.9% |
| Thursday | 14.2% |
| Friday | 21.2% |
| Saturday | 14.2% |
| Sunday | 9.7% |
New sellers
40.7% of sales came from people selling on KWIQ for the first time.
Sales from first-time sellers
40.7%
The market in December 2022
Bitcoin at the end of the month
$16,530
Down 3.7% on the month
CBN official rate, end of month
₦448.55
Averaged ₦445.97 per dollar
USDT on Quidax, median day
₦739.07
65.7% above the official rate
Bitcoin in naira on Quidax
₦12,120,000
At the end of the month
Bitcoin and ether in dollars
Bitcoin fell 3.7% in December 2022, from $17,165 to $16,530, with a high of $18,385 and a low of $16,273. Ether fell 7.7%, to $1,195.
Bitcoin’s price at the end of each of the last 12 months, in US dollars.
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| Month | Bitcoin | Ether |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2022 | $38,492 | $2,690 |
| Feb 2022 | $43,193 | $2,923 |
| Mar 2022 | $45,528 | $3,283 |
| Apr 2022 | $37,644 | $2,727 |
| May 2022 | $31,784 | $1,941 |
| Jun 2022 | $19,986 | $1,070 |
| Jul 2022 | $23,307 | $1,679 |
| Aug 2022 | $20,048 | $1,554 |
| Sep 2022 | $19,426 | $1,329 |
| Oct 2022 | $20,490 | $1,573 |
| Nov 2022 | $17,167 | $1,295 |
| Dec 2022 | $16,530 | $1,195 |
The naira: official and market rates
The CBN’s official rate went from ₦444.54 to ₦448.55 per dollar, averaging ₦445.97. On Quidax, USDT traded between ₦717.41 and ₦751.18 a day, with a median of ₦739.07, 65.7% above the official rate.
Naira per dollar on Quidax, the median day of each month.
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| Month | Official | Market | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2022 | ₦414.54 | ₦574.35 | +38.6% |
| Feb 2022 | ₦416.15 | ₦575.03 | +38.2% |
| Mar 2022 | ₦415.83 | ₦581.5 | +39.8% |
| Apr 2022 | ₦415.4 | ₦587.16 | +41.3% |
| May 2022 | ₦415.08 | ₦600.26 | +44.6% |
| Jun 2022 | ₦415.02 | ₦609.34 | +46.8% |
| Jul 2022 | ₦415.11 | ₦625.06 | +50.6% |
| Aug 2022 | ₦419.97 | ₦678.99 | +61.7% |
| Sep 2022 | ₦428.75 | ₦710.58 | +65.7% |
| Oct 2022 | ₦436.12 | ₦742.79 | +70.3% |
| Nov 2022 | ₦441.88 | ₦780.89 | +76.7% |
| Dec 2022 | ₦445.97 | ₦739.07 | +65.7% |
What happened in December 2022
The month’s main events in crypto, and in Nigeria.
- On 12 December FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, was arrested in the Bahamas.
- On 15 December the redesigned naira notes went into circulation.
What it meant in naira
Two examples at Quidax’s prices, to show how the month’s moves added up for someone holding crypto in Nigeria. They aren’t the rates KWIQ paid.
- $100 in USDT was worth about ₦73,320 on the first day of the month and ₦72,980 on the last.
- 0.01 BTC was worth about ₦121,200 at the end of December 2022, against ₦125,600 a month earlier.
2022 in numbers
From the first day of January to the last day of December.
- Bitcoin fell 64.2%, from $46,211 to $16,530.
- The CBN’s official rate went from ₦413.17 to ₦448.55 per dollar.
- The naira’s market rate on Quidax went from ₦567.97 to ₦729.8 per dollar, so the naira lost 22.2% of its value against the dollar there.
How we measure
- Bitcoin and ether prices are Coinbase’s daily prices in US dollars (UTC days): the first day’s opening price, the last day’s closing price and the month’s high and low.
- The official rate is the Central Bank of Nigeria’s central rate for the US dollar, on the days the CBN published one.
- The market rate is the naira price of USDT on Quidax, which provides KWIQ’s wallets: the median of its daily closing prices, counting only days with trades.
- Events are as reported at the time. They’re listed for context, not as the cause of any price move.
- KWIQ’s figures come from anonymised sales completed on KWIQ during the calendar month, in Lagos time, across KWIQ’s current and older selling systems.
- We publish percentages, indices and the rates KWIQ paid: never amounts, totals or anything about an individual user.
- Payout destinations are among payouts where the receiving bank was recorded. Fintech accounts include OPay, PalmPay, Moniepoint, Kuda and FairMoney; the rest are commercial banks.
- KWIQ’s older selling systems recorded less than today’s: there are no USDT network figures before 2026, the rates KWIQ paid start in October 2024 and the payout time in December 2025.
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