An American cryptocurrency executive held in Nigeria for the past eight months has been released after authorities there announced that they were ending his money laundering trial on health and diplomatic grounds.

A Nigerian court has released Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan, who had been detained since February on money laundering charges. Find out what led to his release.

Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan's charges of money laundering have reportedly been dropped in Nigeria after he spent seven months in prison.

The Nigerian government has dropped all charges against a Binance executive who had been detained in the country since February.

Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, Tigran Gambaryan, has been released after nearly eight months in Nigerian detention on charges of money laundering.

The Nigerian government has dropped all charges against Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, who was detained in prison in Nigeria for more than seven months.

The chapter on dramatic trial of Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan on money laundering charges by the Nigerian government seemed to have been closed on Wednesday. This is with the withdrawal of all charges against Gambaryan by the Nigerian government in court on Wednesday.

Nigeria finally withdraws charges against Binance's executive who has been stuck in the country since seven months. Find out more

Nigerian govt drops charges against Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan after being held in detention since April. US officials worked for his release.

Meanwhile, the judge sustained the money laundering charges against Binance, a cryptocurrency firm, which now stands as the sole defendant in the case.

Tigran Gambaryan, an American and senior employee at cryptocurrency exchange Binance who had been detained in Nigeria since February, boarded a plane back to the U.S. Thursday, according to senior Biden administration officials.