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ARTICLE · 23 JANUARY 2025

Regulatory Outlook For The Technology Sector In 2025

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As 2025 unfolds, regulatory dynamics are set to play a significant role in shaping the business landscape. Many of these regulatory actions started to take shape toward the end of 2024 but are expected...

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As 2025 unfolds, regulatory dynamics are set to play a significant role in shaping the business landscape. Many of these regulatory actions started to take shape toward the end of 2024 but are expected to have widespread impact this year.

While some developments are specific to certain industries, others have broader implications, influencing businesses across the technology sector and beyond.

Here are some key regulatory trends that will define the technology sector in 2025.

Digital Assets/Cryptocurrency Regulation

Following a very dynamic regulatory period for digital assets (see AELEX's article on the digital assets regulatory landscape in Nigeria for more on this), the SEC's Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Program (ARIP) Framework and the newly issued "Exposure of Amendments to the Rules on Digital Assets Issuance, Offering Platform, Exchange and Custody", set to take effect in June 2025, may bring the much-needed stability in the digital assets

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