A Nigerian court has frozen about $38 million in cryptocurrencies that were allegedly used to support protests in the country, according to PANews. Nigerian authorities said they tracked a total of $50 million in cryptocurrency donations to protest against rising living costs.

The Federal High Court in Abuja, acting on a request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), ordered the freezing of four wallets reportedly linked to the organisers of the End Bad Governance protest. Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, said the government had successfully frozen $38 million from the wallets.

Nigeria has cracked down on cryptocurrency trading in recent years, blaming it for exacerbating the depreciation of the country's currency, the naira.