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Financial Warfare: Afghan Central Bank’s $10B Confiscated by US, Biden Halts USD Shipments to Afghanistan
18.8.2021
The war in Afghanistan has been an extremely long conflict since the United States invaded the country in 2001, in order to drive the Taliban from power. After a messy exit, the U.S. occupation in Afghanistan has been compared to mistakes made during the Vietnam War. Now that U.S. forces have left...
American Troops Are Pulling Out Of Afghanistan, Leaving Pokémon Behind
5.7.2021
As the last major deployments of American and NATO troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, one of the most important milestones in their departure was the closing last week of Bagram Airfield, once the largest US base in the country.Read more
From cypherpunk to state contracts: the changing face of blockchain
12.5.2021
Three blockchain executives discuss their work with governments in fraught political contexts, and the questions it raises about blockchain’s claim to the libertarian banner
Pakistan to Set up Two State-Owned Bitcoin Mining Farms to Help Boost Economy
14.1.2021
The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the third largest of Pakistan’s four semi-autonomous provinces, is setting up two state-backed bitcoin mining farms, local media reported last week. Ziaullah Bangash, advisor to the chief minister of KP on Science and Information Technology, said...
UN blockchain tool aims to improve land registry in Afghanistan's cities
4.12.2020
The United Nations wants to tackle urban challenges like land grabbing and inefficient use of space with blockchain technology
Afghan Government to Use Blockchain to Combat Counterfeit Drugs
6.7.2020
Afghanistan’s healthcare ministry and several local pharmaceutical companies will use Fantom’s blockchain to combat counterfeit drugs
Afghanistan Approves Blockchain Project to Help Tackle Scourge of Counterfeit Meds
6.7.2020
Fantom is launching a pilot to help combat Afghanistan's counterfeit drugs problem using its blockchain to trace products along the supply chain
Petro-Dollar System Crumbles: US Dollar Could Collapse from the World’s Oil Wars
22.4.2020
During the last few days, people witnessed history when the price of crude oil dropped below zero to -$40 per barrel, and as time passes many analysts think the worst is yet to come. After West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil-based contracts dried up for May, contracts for June collapsed by 45%....
Mnuchin Affirms $1.5 Trillion Unaccounted For, Still Demands Strict Bitcoin Regulation
23.12.2019
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin remarked last week that a reported $1.5 trillion in missing cash — mostly one hundred dollar bills — was “sitting in bank vaults all over the world.” The famously anti-bitcoin U.S. official noted that “there’s a lot...
From Health Care to Mining, Central Asia Stays on the Blockchain Beat
12.12.2019
Crypto and blockchain adoption appears to be gathering steam in Central Asia
Afghan Government to Apply Blockchain in Country’s Healthcare Sector
27.11.2019
The Afghan government is looking to use blockchain to track counterfeit medicines and create medical registries in hospitals
UN Looks to Blockchain to Aid Sustainable Urban Development in Afghanistan
3.7.2019
The UN is reportedly trying out blockchain cures for Afghanistan’s urban development woes