Today on KWIQ: 1 USDT = ₦1,333.51 · 1 BTC = ₦108,831,272
All rates →KWIQ Naira Crypto Report · March 2025
Nigeria’s new securities law brought crypto under the SEC in March 2025
Bitcoin fell 2.1% in March 2025, from $84,298 to $82,534, and ether fell 18.5%. USDT traded at a median of ₦1,552.63 on Quidax, 1.8% above the CBN’s official rate, which averaged ₦1,525.87.
Based on anonymised sales on KWIQ in March 2025, and public market data. Percentages and rates only. How we measure
On KWIQ in March 2025
Bitcoin’s share of crypto sales
62.3%
USDT: 23.1%
Crypto’s share of all trades
99.7%
Gift cards: 0.3%
Payouts to fintech accounts
96.1%
Of payouts with a known bank
Crypto sales vs the month before
+106.9%
Change in the number of sales
What Nigerians sold on KWIQ
By naira value, Bitcoin was 62.3% of crypto sales and USDT 23.1%. The biggest of the other coins: BCH 11.3%, BNB 0.3%, LTC 0.2%.
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| Coin | Share of crypto sales |
|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 62.3% |
| USDT | 23.1% |
| Ethereum | 2.7% |
| Other coins | 11.9% |
USDT’s share, month by month
USDT’s share of crypto sales by value in each month of 2025 up to March 2025.
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| Month | USDT share of crypto sales |
|---|---|
| Jan | 18% |
| Feb | 36.2% |
| Mar | 23.1% |
Crypto vs gift cards
Crypto made up 99.7% of all trades on KWIQ by naira value, and gift cards 0.3%.
Where the naira went
96.1% of payouts went to fintech accounts rather than commercial banks.
Among payouts with a known receiving bank. The bank wasn’t recorded for 7.2% of payouts.
When people sold
Monday was the busiest day, and 1pm to 2pm the busiest hour (Lagos time).
Busiest day
Monday
Busiest hour
1pm to 2pm
Peak hour vs an average hour
+100%
View as a table
| Day | Share of crypto sales |
|---|---|
| Monday | 20.8% |
| Tuesday | 13.3% |
| Wednesday | 13.3% |
| Thursday | 9.2% |
| Friday | 15.8% |
| Saturday | 15% |
| Sunday | 12.5% |
New sellers
52.5% of sales came from people selling on KWIQ for the first time.
Sales from first-time sellers
52.5%
The rates KWIQ paid
On average, KWIQ paid ₦1,479.25 per USDT in March 2025, across completed sales. Daily averages ranged from ₦1,458 to ₦1,515.35.
Average per USDT
₦1,479.25
Daily range, USDT
₦1,458–₦1,515.35
Average per BTC
₦125,880,359
These are rates KWIQ actually paid, not official exchange rates. For today’s rates, see crypto to naira rates.
The market in March 2025
Bitcoin at the end of the month
$82,534
Down 2.1% on the month
CBN official rate, end of month
₦1,536.32
Averaged ₦1,525.87 per dollar
USDT on Quidax, median day
₦1,552.63
1.8% above the official rate
Bitcoin in naira on Quidax
₦126,660,258
At the end of the month
Bitcoin and ether in dollars
Bitcoin fell 2.1% in March 2025, from $84,298 to $82,534, with a high of $95,129 and a low of $76,555. Ether fell 18.5%, to $1,822.
Bitcoin’s price at the end of each of the last 12 months, in US dollars.
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| Month | Bitcoin | Ether |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2024 | $60,622 | $3,011 |
| May 2024 | $67,472 | $3,758 |
| Jun 2024 | $62,668 | $3,432 |
| Jul 2024 | $64,610 | $3,232 |
| Aug 2024 | $58,968 | $2,513 |
| Sep 2024 | $63,301 | $2,601 |
| Oct 2024 | $70,198 | $2,515 |
| Nov 2024 | $96,465 | $3,706 |
| Dec 2024 | $93,354 | $3,330 |
| Jan 2025 | $102,411 | $3,300 |
| Feb 2025 | $84,298 | $2,236 |
| Mar 2025 | $82,534 | $1,822 |
The naira: official and market rates
The CBN’s official rate went from ₦1,498.48 to ₦1,536.32 per dollar, averaging ₦1,525.87. On Quidax, USDT traded between ₦1,491.8 and ₦1,580 a day, with a median of ₦1,552.63, 1.8% above the official rate.
Naira per dollar on Quidax, the median day of each month.
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| Month | Official | Market | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2024 | ₦1,236.56 | ₦1,239.5 | +0.2% |
| May 2024 | ₦1,435.57 | ₦1,450.03 | +1% |
| Jun 2024 | ₦1,481.77 | ₦1,476.99 | −0.3% |
| Jul 2024 | ₦1,559.58 | ₦1,557.94 | −0.1% |
| Aug 2024 | ₦1,586.94 | ₦1,596 | +0.6% |
| Sep 2024 | ₦1,617.72 | ₦1,653.88 | +2.2% |
| Oct 2024 | ₦1,640.66 | ₦1,699.82 | +3.6% |
| Nov 2024 | ₦1,670.28 | ₦1,735.15 | +3.9% |
| Dec 2024 | ₦1,553.25 | ₦1,640 | +5.6% |
| Jan 2025 | ₦1,535.44 | ₦1,648 | +7.3% |
| Feb 2025 | ₦1,500.47 | ₦1,548.01 | +3.2% |
| Mar 2025 | ₦1,525.87 | ₦1,552.63 | +1.8% |
What happened in March 2025
The month’s main events in crypto, and in Nigeria.
- On 6 March President Trump signed an order to create a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
- In late March Nigeria’s Investments and Securities Act 2025 became law. It treats digital assets as securities, overseen by the SEC.
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 ₦149,180 on the first day of the month and ₦153,560 on the last.
- 0.01 BTC was worth about ₦1,266,603 at the end of March 2025, against ₦1,262,085 a month earlier.
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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