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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Ali M Latifi

Can crypto help Afghans? Some think so

Critics are questioning how can a developing country like Afghanistan turn to crypto [File: Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]

Kabul, Afghanistan–The first time Sulaiman Bin Shah used crypto was as a Fulbright scholar in California. He had been hearing about the decentralised coins for some time and wanted to try them out.

As a student of international trade and economic diplomacy he was fascinated by the idea of blockchain and decentralised banking, so in 2017 he bought some Ethereum and Litecoin. By the time he returned to Afghanistan the following year, he tried to explain cryptocurrency to his friends, but found them looking at him in wonderment.

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