{"id":720009,"date":"2026-04-06T07:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rwanda-swats-bybits-p2p-platform-offering-franc-to-crypto-trading\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:25:10","slug":"rwanda-swats-bybits-p2p-platform-offering-franc-to-crypto-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rwanda-swats-bybits-p2p-platform-offering-franc-to-crypto-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda swats Bybit\u2019s P2P platform offering franc-to-crypto trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5Yzc2MTEtMWE0NC03OTQzLThmYTQtYzJhMmY5YjI5MTc2LmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda swats Bybit\u2019s P2P platform offering franc-to-crypto trading\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>The Rwanda central bank&#8217;s warning came after Bybit added the Rwanda Franc to its list of assets that its peer-to-peer platform can use to trade for crypto.<\/p>\n<p>The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has warned the public that crypto payments and trades using the local currency remain illegal in the country after Bybit added support for the Rwandan franc for its peer-to-peer platform on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrypto-assets are NOT authorized for payments, FRW conversion, or P2P trading involving FRW under the current framework,\u201d the central bank <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CentralBankRw\/status\/2040694581402951738\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CentralBankRw\/status\/2040694581402951738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted<\/a> to X on Sunday, urging citizens to avoid crypto due to \u201cserious financial risks and no recourse in case of loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The central bank\u2019s comments were in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bybit_Official\/status\/2040014610498040089\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bybit_Official\/status\/2040014610498040089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">response<\/a> to an X post from Bybit on Friday, stating that the Rwandan franc (FRW) can be used to buy and sell crypto through its Bybit P2P service.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" >General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/rwanda-swats-bybit-p2p-platform-offering-franc-to-crypto-trading?utm_source=rss_feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwanda central bank&#8217;s warning came after Bybit added the Rwanda Franc to its list of assets that its peer-to-peer platform can use to trade for crypto. The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has warned the public that crypto payments and trades using the local currency remain illegal in the country after Bybit added support&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":720010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,onerror=redirect,w=1200\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2026-02\/019c7611-1a44-7943-8fa4-c2a2f9b29176.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-720009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}