Oil Slump Hammers Kazakhstan Currency; Russian Central Bank To Explore Role For Bitcoin Blockchain
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation will consider ways to use bitcoin blockchain technology when it meets in June as oil exporting countries such as Kazakhstan wrestle with eroding confidence in currency caused by low oil prices. Grigory Marchenko, the ex-chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, wondered what impact cryptocurrency would have on the country’s monetary policy as it struggles to find a solution to the negative impact of low oil prices, according to nur.kz, a Kazakhstan news site. Marchenko said the country’s currency exchange rate is tied to the price of oil. Three....
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