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What we can learn from Afghanistan’s nascent crypto economy

Last week, Abdul Wakeel, a self-styled «student of Management Science, Islamic banking and Finance» in Afghanistan, took to Twitter to make a striking appeal to the new government in Kabul.

A Taliban fighter sits on the back of vehicle with a machine gun in front of the main gate leading to the Afghan presidential palace, in Kabul. In the past, when countries have tumbled into chaos and conflict, wealthier people have either relied on paper money or precious metals to store their wealth. Now crypto is creeping in.
A Taliban fighter sits on the back of vehicle with a machine gun in front of the main gate leading to the Afghan presidential palace, in Kabul. In the past, when countries have tumbled into chaos and conflict, wealthier people have either relied on paper money or precious metals to store their wealth. Now crypto is creeping in.Foto: Rahmat Gul/AP/NTB
  • Gillian Tett (FT)
Publisert 27. September 2021, kl. 16.10Oppdatert 27. September 2021, kl. 16.10
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