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Afghanistan, Tunisia to Issue Sovereign Bonds in Bitcoin, Bright Future Ahead

Davit Babayan by Davit Babayan
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Afghanistan, Tunisia to Issue Sovereign Bonds in Bitcoin, Bright Future Ahead
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Afghanistan and Tunisia are planning to issue sovereign bonds in bitcoin to fund infrastructural developments, reported Asia Times from IMF’s Springs Meetings summit.

Khalil Sediq, the governor of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, confirmed that they were looking to utilize cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to raise around $5.8 billion. Sediq said they would pair bitcoin with a form of metal futures, such as lithium. The move would make it easier for Afghanistan to expose its $3 trillion lithium sector to investors across the world. The metal’s short supply against its booming demand in the electric-vehicle industry would pose profitable opportunities for Afghanistan.

Sediq went on to explain the situation that led them to opt for bitcoin over other fiat assets. The governor blamed the post-war conflict scenario that raised Afghanistan’s risk of debt. It prompted the IMF to expose the country to severe restrictions on non-concessional financing. In layman terms, developed economies were less likely to invest in Afghanistan owing to its risks limited to or beyond a geopolitical crisis, as well as to a perceived lack of fiscal and debt discipline.

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Crypto solutions, explained Sediq, could allow Afghanistan economy to access global markets. He stated that they would use hyperledger’s blockchain technology financial services platform to issue their sovereign bitcoin bonds.

Bitcoin Bonds A Hot Topic

Blockchain and crypto payment solutions were a hot topic at World Bank and IMF 2019 Spring Meetings, held in Washington. The event saw delegates from developing countries posing cryptocurrencies like bitcoin as a potential solution to debt distress or high-risk debt levels. The discussions went on to question whether or not the current international financial architecture was able to prevent debt and economic crisis.

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Sediq’s pro-bitcoin sentiments rippled through his Tunisian counterpart. Marouane El Abassi, Governor of Banque Centrale de Tunisie, told the meeting delegates that their country was looking to launching a sovereign bitcoin bond. The former World Bank official said the bitcoin and blockchain offered central banks an efficient tool to curb money laundering, terrorist financing, simplify remittance, and drain grey economies.

Javlon Vakhabov, Uzbekistan Ambassador to the United States, also revealed that they had dispatched a study group to the IMF World Bank to study bitcoin and blockchain. The delegate confirmed that they too were planning to issue sovereign bitcoin bonds in their cotton futures market.

Uzbekistan is the fifth-largest cotton producer in the world.

A Bright Future

The delegates’ positive take on bitcoin indicated the cryptocurrency’s vital prospects. A crypto-enabled bond escalates the industry into the world of mainstream finance. It further allows larger institutions to store value using bitcoin, thereby making it possible for others to use it as a payment method.

IMF director Christine Lagarde said the governments should initially issue bitcoin bonds using a closed and supervised approach. 

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Davit Babayan

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Davit Babayan is an Armenia-based expat balancing the academic life of a software design engineer with the experiences of a financial technology journalist. He aspires to be a full-time columnist and wants to write a book that would be called, "A Homeless Who Found Bitcoin."

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