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The Zimbabwean government hopes to create a regulatory structure tailored to country’s specific needs and conditions.
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Zimbabwe News
The Republic of Zimbabwe is a South African country with a population of 16 million people. Zimbabwe suffers from racial and ethnic conflicts, dictatorship and poor education. The Zimbabwean economy provides a very low gross domestic product per capita and has one of the highest Gini coefficients in the world. Zimbabwean latest news has to do with the house arrest of Robert Mugabe – Prime Minister of Zimbabwe since 1980. The Zimbabwean economy is built on exports of minerals, gold and agricultural products, such as tobacco and cotton. Zimbabwe is poorly developed in technology and has issued no laws about cryptocurrency and blockchain. Bitcoin is legal in Zimbabwe but has no official permission for use. Zimbabwean authorities are skeptical about Bitcoin and may change the legal framework for it. However, the difficult political and economic situation keeps Zimbabwe’s government concentrated on other problems.
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The new currency, an outgrowth of the government’s gold-backed token, is performing well economically but receiving mixed public reviews.
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The country has struggled with an unstable currency for years, but now it will have one backed by reserves three times larger than its issuance.
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The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe first introduced its new project in April, with each issued digital token backed by a physical amount of gold held in the bank’s reserves.
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Physical and digital gold tokens have been a big success as investments and an inflation hedge in Zimbabwe, which continues to face triple-digit inflation.
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The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s first gold-backed cryptocurrency sale has been a success.
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Zimbabwe’s central bank plans to sell gold-backed digital tokens at $10 for individuals and $5,000 for corporations.
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The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe plans to introduce a gold-backed digital currency as legal tender in a bid to stabilize its local currency.
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A young Zimbabwean Bitcoiner built out a business with Bitcoin — importing cars and sending remittance payments — when he returned to his homeland during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Minister Monica Mutsvangwa clarified that Zimbabwe is not considering the adoption of cryptocurrencies or Bitcoin.
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Zimbabwe is currently engaged in consultations regarding growing interest in crypto and the potential risks.
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As access to crypto spreads across Africa, blockchain could be crucial in improving cross-border payments and settlement systems.
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Despite facing hot-and-cold rules, growing crypto usage in sub-Saharan Africa is forcing regulators to reconsider the industry.
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Zimbabwe’s Zimbocash project got closer to its goal of providing a sound-money alternative to the hyperinflation of the local currency.
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Health care, identity management and renewable energy are some of the non-financial blockchain use-cases gaining popularity in Africa.
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