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Title: [2016-07-30]Zimbabwe Central Bank Warns Bitcoin Use; No Regulations Yet
Post by: WishICanTurnBackTime on July 31, 2016, 12:38:36 PM
At the annual Digital Payments Conference held at the Meikles Hotel Zimbabwe on July 28, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) warned the country’s citizens against the various risks involved in using Bitcoin.
The central bank’s Senior Executive of the National Payment Systems department Josephat Mutepfa, told the event’s audience—which primarily consisted of financial startups, experts, and entrepreneurs—that despite the popularity of Bitcoin, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe discourages the use of Bitcoin. This is due to the lack of regulatory frameworks for exchanges and startups providing digital currency related financial services.
While economic benefits of using digital currencies such as Bitcoin are evident to the central bank, the organization believes that any type of unregulated alternatives must be approached with caution, even if it provides the unbanked an opportunity to regain financial control.
Mutepfa specifically identified some Bitcoin startups including Bitmari, a company which enables Zimbabweans to send money across other countries in Africa, at substantially lower costs by using Bitcoin.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/zimbabwe-central-bank-warns-bitcoin-use-no-regulations-yet


Title: Re: [2016-07-30]Zimbabwe Central Bank Warns Bitcoin Use; No Regulations Yet
Post by: Kprawn on July 31, 2016, 07:25:48 PM
You really think Mugabe and his corrupt officials gives a rats ass about their citizens? They are more worried that capital flight might occur, in a country circulating the drain of total economic collapse.

At this moment most of his citizens are living under extreme poverty and rely mostly of foreign assistance to survive. Then you have his wife doing shopping in Paris in the most exclusive shops and

his kids traveling the world. Zimbabwe is a perfect example of what not to do with a country and their economy.  >:(