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BinanceCZ vizitează Republica Centrafricană, se întâlnește cu președintele Touadéra
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra received Changpeng Zhao to discuss bitcoin and crypto. The meeting of the minds happened on Friday and there’s not much public information about what actually happened. The Binance CEO has been meeting African presidents recently, so it only makes sense that he visited the first nation to make bitcoin legal tender in the continent.
1/ Impressive meeting today and an incredibly important step for the future of the Central African Republic .
Thank you @cz_binance for opening up and sharing some brilliant ideas based on the @binance experience. A truly remarkable moment!#CAR pic.twitter.com/gyU5fu2Bbt
— Faustin-Archange Touadéra (@FA_Touadera) August 5, 2022
În tweet-ul care anunță întâlnirea, președintele Touadéra a scris:
“Impressive meeting today and an incredibly important step for the future of the Central African Republic. Thank you CZ for opening up and sharing some brilliant ideas based on the Binance experience. A truly remarkable moment! Education, investments, crypto adoption in the Central African Republic and the region and the Sango project vision, were some of the topics of the meeting. Better things are shaping up for what’s to come.”
La rândul său, CZ a anunțat: „Tocmai s-a întâlnit cu președintele Republicii Centrafricane, Faustin-Archange Touadéra. S-a discutat despre educație, investiții, cadre de reglementare și adoptarea criptomonedei.”
Just met with President of Central African Republic @FA_Touadera. Discussed education, investments, regulatory frameworks, and crypto adoption. pic.twitter.com/8nDzR6dau7
- CZ Binance (@cz_binance) 5 august 2022
Despre ce au vorbit acești doi bărbați, mai exact? Nu am ști încă. Acestea sunt toate informațiile de primă mână pe care le avem până acum. Cu toate acestea, haideți să examinăm ce s-a întâmplat în jurul acestor două personaje pentru a vedea dacă ne putem da seama despre ce au vorbit președintele Touadéra și CZ.
Ultimele luni ale președintelui Touadéra și Changpeng ZhaoSă începem chiar de la început. Când Republica Centrafricană a făcut bitcoin mijloc legal de plată, Binance a scris:
“Despite strong volatility and price correction this year in 2022, Bitcoin (BTC) continues to see increasing global adoption. As per the latest reports, the Central African Republic becomes the second country after El Salvador to make Bitcoin (BTC) a legal tender.”
Let’s fast-forward to last month, CZ met with Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara and with Macky Sall, President of Senegal. About the second encounter, CZ tweeted, “Mr. President gave us a beautiful painting from a local artist, I haven’t opened it yet. Will share a photo later in this thread. We gave him a BNB challenger coin (much lower value) he was holding in the pic.” There are rumors that Binance will launch an educational program on all things crypto across French-speaking Africa. And that’s where President Touadéra comes in.
However, the Central African Republic has been busy standing by its decision to adopt bitcoin in front of international banking organizations.
BNB price chart on FX | Source: BNB/USD on TradingView.com Banks Vs. The Central African RepublicIn May, the banks went on the offensive. First, the governor of the Bank of Central African States wrote the CAR a letter about their Bitcoin Law. “This law suggests that its main objective is to establish a Central African currency beyond the control of the BEAC that could compete with or displace the legal currency in force in the CEMAC and jeopardize monetary stability.”
The letter argues that the law's main objective appears to be establishing a Central African currency "beyond the control" of the BEAC and that the move can be analyzed as a challenge to the French colonial currency system.
Bingo
— Alex Gladstein (@gladstein) May 8, 2022
It’s important to remember that the currency that the BEAC supposedly controls is the CFA franc. A currency issued in France. Alex Gladstein qualifies the situation as the “colonial franc system” or “the French colonial currency system.” And insinuates that the point of the bitcoin law is precisely to bypass it. What does he think about the lack of bitcoin in the Sango project, though?
In another letter sent around the same time, the World Bank distanced itself from the Sango project. President Touadéra and his team apparently announced a $35M investment in the controversial project. According to Bloomberg, the World Bank’s response was:
„Banca Mondială nu sprijină „Sango – Primul proiect de inițiativă criptografică”, a spus creditorul. Împrumutul pentru guvernanță digitală „nu are legătură cu nicio inițiativă cripto-monedă”.
De asemenea, Banca Mondială a avertizat: „Este important ca instituțiile regionale relevante, cum ar fi banca centrală și autoritățile bancare, să fie pe deplin consultate și să rămână în scaunul șoferului”. De ce este organizația atât de interesată de Republica Centrafricană dintr-o dată? Luați în considerare că cinci țări africane apar în Top 10 al indicelui global de adopție criptografic al Chainlysis.
Africa este pregătită pentru adoptarea cripto. 10-20% bancar. Aveți nevoie de acces financiar și de incluziune. Blockchain oferă asta cu un telefon inteligent.
- CZ Binance (@cz_binance) 6 iulie 2022
Commenting on that precise subject, CZ recently tweeted, “Africa is primed for crypto adoption. 10-20% banked. Need financial access and inclusion. Blockchain provides that with a smart phone.” That’s true, but, are they committed enough to resist the pressure from international banks? And, will the other African countries have the wit to focus on bitcoin? Or will they unveil projects as underwhelming as Sango?
Featured Image by Satheesh Sankaran from Pixabay | Charts by TradingViewSursă originală: Bitcoineste