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Policy

IMF Says Capital Control Powers Should Include Crypto

The financial stability watchdog is the latest to worry that digital assets are being used to evade sanctions on Russia.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Videos

Why US Lawmakers Are Considering Legislation on El Salvador’s BTC Adoption

A new bill titled the Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador (ACES) Act has been presented in the U.S. House of Representatives by a bipartisan group of regulators. “The Hash” panel discusses the legislation's intention to protect the U.S. economy from El Salvador's bitcoin adoption while also touching on concerns raised by global financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 

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Georgia Central Bank Plans to Introduce New Crypto Rules: Report

The eastern European nation will follow international guidance as it sets out an anti-money laundering and licensing regime.

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ozbalci/Getty Images)

Policy

Russia Sanctions Could Spur Use of Crypto: IMF's Gopinath

Gita Gopinath, the first deputy managing director at the IMF, says the Ukraine conflict could promote the wider use of crypto.

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Why El Salvador Postponed Its Bitcoin Bond

El Salvador’s finance minister announced that the country is postponing its $1 billion bitcoin bond offering, which reportedly aims to help fund the “Bitcoin City” project. “The Hash” team discusses El Salvador’s ongoing bitcoin experiment and the international criticism the Central American nation has received from entities like the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 

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Argentina Approves IMF Debt Deal Discouraging Crypto Use

Argentina’s Senate has approved a $45 billion debt deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that includes a provision about discouraging the use of cryptocurrency in the country.

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Opinion

Why Is the IMF So Afraid of Cryptocurrency?

The IMF is not a neutral aid organization, but the economic arm of a vast power structure. Crypto threatens that power.

A demonstrator during a protest against Argentina's International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement outside the National Congress building in Buenos Aires on Thursday, March 17, 2022. The protestor's t-shirt features the slogan "Las Estafas No Se Pagan," or "Scams are not meant to be paid."


Argentina's inflation accelerated in February at its fastest pace in nearly a year, surpassing forecasts and challenging the governments targets for this year in its preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund. (Marcos Brindicci/Bloomberg via Getty Images)