Azerbaijan Mulls Its Own Cryptocurrency: ‘CryptoManat’
Azerbaijan is actively discussing the possibility of creating a “Cryptomanat” coin – the cryptocurrency equivalent of its national currency, the Azerbaijani manta, reports the Echo local newspaper. Discussions of creating a national cryptocurrency started in the CIS countries after an announcement from Russian payment service provider Qiwi last week regarding the creation of a "BitRuble" in Russia. According to the head of the Centre for Sustainable Development Research Nariman Agayev, some Azerbaijan citizens already tried to using the currency for financial transactions, but the venture....
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