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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Farai Mutsaka

FOUND: Zimbabwe plans to launch digital currency backed by gold | Mind Blowing Facts

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Zimbabwe will launch a digital currency next month by introducing “tokens” that are backed by gold reserves and can be transferred between people and businesses as a form of payment, the country's central bank said Friday.

The move is aimed at shoring up Zimbabwe's faltering national currency, the Zimbabwe dollar, which is fast depreciating amid yearslong economic woes in the southern African nation.

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