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Estonia Shelves Plans For National Cryptocurrency

June 01, 2018
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Estonia Shelves Plans For National Cryptocurrency

June 01, 2018
Estonia has shelved plans to develop its own national cryptocurrency after the idea prompted criticism by banking authorities and Mario Draghi, the Italian economist and president of the European Central Bank. Bloomberg, citing Siim Sikkut, an official who heads up the information technology strategy for the Eastern European country, reported it had planned to peg the cryptocurrency […]