Bitcoin adoption in Afghanistan is rising


Bitcoin adoption in Afghanistan is rising





 According to news on August 23, after the withdrawal of NATO troops, the Taliban regained control of the Afghan territory, and most banks faced cash shortages. Because Western Union has frozen all remittances to and from Afghanistan, many expats cannot send money to their families in Afghanistan. According to the Google Trends Monitoring Service, during this period people's interest in cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin soared to the highest level in history. According to Chainalysis data, Afghanistan’s cryptocurrency adoption index is the highest among all Central Asian countries. Link here

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