Unity Bank Plc's gross earnings recorded consistent growth between 2011 and 2017
Unity Bank's gross earnings nearly doubled between 2011 and 2017 before sharply declining in 2018. The bank never hit its 2017 gross earnings record of ₦57.1b after 2018.
Students are the largest crypto-holding group (43.6%), underscoring the youthful nature of Nigeria’s crypto community and their early adoption of digital finance.
Entrepreneurs follow closely (25.7%), showing strong participation from self-employed Nigerians, traders, business owners, and hustlers who use crypto for investment and business flexibility.
Traditional employees make up 17.4%, indicating growing acceptance of crypto beyond informal or youth circles, even among salary earners.
Freelancers and gig workers (5.6%) also feature, reflecting crypto’s role in global online work and cross-border earnings. Unemployed and retired individuals remain a small minority, under 3.5% combined.
About 60% of users make less than $50 per month, showing crypto activity is mostly at a small, retail scale.
The $10–$50 band (36%) is the single largest group, reflecting frequent, low-value trading or incremental investment returns.
Only about 30% of users earn between $50 and $500, suggesting that consistent moderate returns are less common.
Less than 3% of users earn above $1,000 per month, confirming that the Nigerian crypto market remains largely retail-driven rather than dominated by professional or institutional traders.
56.1% of users mostly send crypto, compared to 43.9% who mostly receive it, showing an active transaction culture.
Investing in other platforms or projects leads as the top reason for sending crypto (29.2%), indicating strong speculative and wealth-building motives.
Every 1 in 4 users (25.1%) use crypto for daily transactions like bills and subscriptions, showing rising integration into everyday finance.
Cross-border payments (7.7%) and donations (4.6%) remain small but notable niches, signaling growing utility beyond trading.
