Tendai Biti: “Zimbabwe Should Adopt Bitcoin As The National Currency”
Tendai Biti feels the unbacked nature of Bitcoin might make it easier for Zimbabweans to adopt it. Zimbabwe is a country that has gone through several financial crises already. Every time such an event takes place, there is someone to solve the problem. The last person to do so is Tendai Biti, who now has a radical plan to save the country’s economy. Rather than introducing new denominated bills, he feels Bitcoin may hold the answer to every problem. A rather unconventional turn of events, but an intriguing thought process nonetheless. Solving the economic crisis in Zimbabwe will not be an....
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The CEO of financial advisory and asset management firm Devere Group has predicted that three countries will adopt bitcoin as legal tender this year. He is more bullish than El Salvador’s president who predicted that two countries will make bitcoin their national currency.
3 Countries Will Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender in 2022, Devere’s CEO Predicts
The CEO of Devere Group, an independent financial advisory and asset management firm, predicted earlier this week that three more countries will adopt bitcoin as legal tender in 2022.
His prediction is more....
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