# Everyone’s talking crypto for solving Sub-Saharan Africa’s payments problems

# Everyone’s talking crypto for solving Sub-Saharan Africa’s payments problems

“# Everyone’s talking crypto for solving Sub-Saharan Africa’s payments problems ” As global interest in stablecoins explodes, a number of key players are pushing especially hard for more adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa. On Thursday, the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Africa Program published new analysis advocating more options for crypto users in Sub-Saharan Africa….

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# Russian central bank opposes ruble-pegged stablecoins

# Russian central bank opposes ruble-pegged stablecoins

“# Russian central bank opposes ruble-pegged stablecoins ” Senior officials at the Bank of Russia have come out against the issuance of private stablecoins pegged to the Russian ruble. Sergei Shvetsov, a first deputy governor of the Russian central bank, said that the bank aims to ban private firms from offering stablecoins backed by the…

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# Law Decoded: Cents and stability, Nov. 20–27

# Law Decoded: Cents and stability, Nov. 20–27

“# Law Decoded: Cents and stability, Nov. 20–27 ” Editor’s note As many of you were certainly following in real time, a bull market gave way to a bloodbath yesterday, which happened to be Thanksgiving in the U.S. Personally, I’ve never thought that Bitcoin’s price was any sort of proof of its value proposition, but…

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