Afghanistan

Algorand Foundation Invests in Afghanistan’s HesabPay
Algorand Foundation Invests in Afghanistan’s HesabPay
December 01, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The Algorand Foundation has made a strategic investment in HesabPay, an interoperable digital payments platform in Afghanistan that uses the Algorand blockchain. The investment was revealed at the...

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Today in Crypto: Taliban Bans Crypto, Arrests Dealers; Grayscale Tells SEC That 3 Crypto Coins May Be Securities
Today in Crypto: Taliban Bans Crypto, Arrests Dealers; Grayscale Tells SEC That 3 Crypto Coins...
August 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been questioning Grayscale Investments over its “securities law analysis” of tokens in a few smaller crypto trusts, a...

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Taliban to Replace Conventional Banking Network With Islamic Banking
Taliban to Replace Conventional Banking Network With Islamic Banking
March 21, 2022  |  Banking

The Central Bank of Afghanistan will update the south central Asian country’s financial rules, according to Jurist.org. The Taliban-led bank has formed a panel to...

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Afghani Banks Remain Closed After Takeover; Consumers Struggle To Get Cash
Afghani Banks Remain Closed After Takeover; Consumers Struggle To Get Cash
August 31, 2021  |  International

With its central bank effectively leaderless and the Afghani dollar in a nosedive, geopolitical aspects of the Taliban takeover are being overshadowed by the collapse...

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Airbnb To Host 20,000 Afghan Refugees For Free
Airbnb To Host 20,000 Afghan Refugees For Free
August 24, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Airbnb Co-Founder and CEO Brian Chesky said on Twitter the popular vacation rental app will be sheltering 20,000 Afghan refugees for no cost following the...

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Afghanistan Turns To Bitcoin To Boost Economy
Afghanistan Turns To Bitcoin To Boost Economy
April 22, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Afghanistan is looking to boost its ailing economy with bitcoin. At the annual Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group...

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Mobile Money Aims To Include ‘Unbanked’
Mobile Money Aims To Include ‘Unbanked’
March 09, 2015  |  News

Mobile money companies are racing to serve an estimated 2.5 billion unbanked population spread across the globe, most of which has access to mobile phones,...

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