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Taliban Declare War on Bitcoin: Crypto Banned in Afghanistan as a “Scam”

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Bitcoin Foundation: Afghanistan looked set to be an unlikely success story for Bitcoin, but the arrival of the Taliban put an end to that. The Taliban labeled digital currency trading as fraudulent and damaging to ordinary users; it claimed that it led to losses and encouraged fraud and scams. This rhetoric formed the backdrop to

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Afghanistan Turns To Bitcoin To Boost Economy

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PYMTS.com: Afghanistan is looking to boost its ailing economy with bitcoin. At the annual Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, Khalil Sediq, governor at the Central Bank of Afghanistan, told The Asia Times that Afghanistan might issue a sovereign crypto bond that uses blockchain technology. The

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