ETH is the coin that pays gas on Ethereum, and on Base and Arbitrum too. Buy any naira amount on Yesa, see the slice of an ETH it buys, and it lands in your Yesa wallet.
Open the Yesa app to see exactly what your naira buys.
ETH is two things at once: a coin with its own price, and the fuel every Ethereum transaction burns.
Every move on Ethereum, from sending a token to minting an NFT, is paid for in ETH. Layer 2 networks such as Base and Arbitrum also charge their fees in ETH, just far smaller ones. A wallet with tokens but no ETH usually cannot move them.
MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet and most Ethereum apps expect a little ETH in the wallet before they will do anything.
ETH's price moves with the market. Unlike USDC on Ethereum, it does not aim to hold one dollar.
This page explains how buying works on Yesa. It is not a view on whether to buy any coin, and nothing here is financial advice.
Gas prices are quoted in gwei, a billionth of an ETH. When Ethereum is busy, gwei goes up and so does the cost of a transaction; on a quiet day the same send costs much less. Your wallet shows the fee in ETH before you confirm.
Buying ETH on Yesa is not an Ethereum transaction: it lands in your Yesa wallet without gas. Gas only comes in when you send it out to your own wallet, so check the network on both ends, copy the address rather than typing it, and send a small test amount first.
One ETH divides into a billion gwei, and much further than that, so you buy by naira amount and the screen shows what fraction of an ETH you get. What moves the naira price is the same pair as Bitcoin: ETH's dollar price, and the naira's dollar rate. Buy Bitcoin in Nigeria walks through that pair.
The same four steps for every coin, with the figure on screen before you commit.
Buy sits next to Sell on the home screen. Pick Ethereum from the list.
The screen shows roughly how much ETH that buys, the rate per coin, and the smallest and largest amount allowed right now.
From your Yesa naira balance, or by bank transfer of the exact total from an account in your own name. Confirm with your password or transaction PIN, whichever your app asks for. Nothing is charged until you transfer, and cancelling costs nothing.
Straight away from a naira balance, a few minutes after a bank transfer. The ETH is then yours to hold, swap, send or sell back.
What one ETH pays when you sell is at Ethereum to naira rate, and the market price is at Ethereum price in naira. Selling back is sell Ethereum for naira, with zero sell fees and the naira paid to any Nigerian bank account.
In Yesa, tap Buy, choose ETH and type the naira amount. Pay from your Yesa naira balance or by bank transfer from an account in your name, confirm with your password or transaction PIN, and the ETH arrives in your Yesa wallet.
Ethereum is the network; ETH is its coin. People use both words for the same thing when they talk about buying it.
The fee for doing anything on Ethereum, paid in ETH. It rises when the network is busy and falls when it is quiet.
A billionth of an ETH. Gas prices are quoted in it because the amounts are small.
No. The ETH lands in your Yesa wallet without an Ethereum transaction. Gas applies when you send it out to another wallet, and the fee shows before you confirm.
The calculator at the top of this page gives a rough figure, and the app shows the rate per ETH and the amount before you confirm. On a bank transfer the final amount is fixed when your transfer arrives.
Almost always one of three things: it came from an account in someone else's name, the amount was rounded instead of exact, or the single use account had already stopped accepting transfers. Nothing is charged until you transfer, and cancelling costs nothing.
Yes. Buying, holding and selling cryptocurrency is legal for individuals in Nigeria. Digital assets are recognised under the Investments and Securities Act 2025, and the Securities and Exchange Commission regulates digital asset services. Crypto is not legal tender, and profits from trading may be taxable, so keep your own records of what you buy and sell. This is general information rather than legal or tax advice; the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria publish the current position.
The Yesa Team. Details checked 5 October 2026. Information about other products comes from their own help pages and documentation; if you spot something out of date, tell us and we will correct it.