# Bukele’s Bitcoin trade raises El Salvador’s sovereign credit risk: Moody’s

# Bukele’s Bitcoin trade raises El Salvador’s sovereign credit risk: Moody’s

“# Bukele’s Bitcoin trade raises El Salvador’s sovereign credit risk: Moody’s ” El Salvador’s historic embrace of Bitcoin (BTC) could have negative consequences on the country’s sovereign credit outlook, according to Moody’s Investors Service.  Moody’s analyst Jaime Reusche told Bloomberg this week that El Salvador’s Bitcoin gambit “certainly adds to the risk portfolio” of a…

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#Afghanistan on brink of economic and humanitarian collapse

#Afghanistan on brink of economic and humanitarian collapse

“#Afghanistan on brink of economic and humanitarian collapse” KABUL, Afghanistan — Ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital on Aug. 15, the country’s already fragile economy has spiraled into despair. Foreign assistance, which previously propped up the nation of 38 million, was immediately frozen. The US halted $9.4 billion in reserves to the country’s…

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# IMF, World Bank and BIS champion central bank digital currencies at G20

# IMF, World Bank and BIS champion central bank digital currencies at G20

“# IMF, World Bank and BIS champion central bank digital currencies at G20 ” In a joint report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) have proposed to the G20 that a cross-border network of central bank digital currencies (CBDC), underpinned by efficient technological integration and proactive international cooperation,…

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#Pacific undersea cable project sinks after U.S. warns against Chinese bid

#Pacific undersea cable project sinks after U.S. warns against Chinese bid

“#Pacific undersea cable project sinks after U.S. warns against Chinese bid” SYDNEY/BEIJING, June 18 – A World Bank-led project declined to award a contract to lay sensitive undersea communications cables after Pacific island governments heeded U.S. warnings that participation of a Chinese company posed a security threat, two sources told Reuters. The former Huawei Marine Networks, now called HMN Technologies and majority owned by Shanghai-listed…

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