Investment and Securities Act, 2025: Addressing Some Gaps Around Virtual Assets and Digital Assets

Oluwatoyin Adenugba
Omolade Afonja
Clinton Nwawulu

Introduction

The Investments and Securities Act, 2025 (ISA 2025/ ‘Act’) is not just a legislative upgrade, it is a re-engineering of Nigeria’s capital market framework to align it with the current local and global market practices, trends, and demands. One of the significant provisions of the Act is its expansion of instruments considered as ‘securities’ to include virtual and digital assets.