Carbon emissions from AI and crypto are surging and tax policy can help: IMF Blog By Shafik Hebous and Nate Vernon-Lin

16 august 2024 - 08:02:31
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power hungry.Because [...] Full text...

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UN Trade and Development calls for sustainable and equitable strategies to mitigate digital economy’s growing environmental impact

12 july 2024 - 19:07:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A global shift towards circularity focusing on responsible production and consumption is crucial to making the [...] Full text...

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Digital boom could well be a bust for the environment, warns UN trade agency

11 july 2024 - 06:27:18
New York, US (PANA) - Did you know that producing a computer weighing two kilogrammes (kg) requires a staggering 800kg [...] Full text...

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Gold hit new highs in 2023, but inflationary scares likely in 2024: World Gold Council

11 january 2024 - 07:08:08
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Emerging market (EM) demand for gold provided not only a ballast to lacklustre developed [...] Full text...

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Crypto poses significant tax problems which could get worse: IMF Blog

06 july 2023 - 07:52:05
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Crypto assets that can be used as instruments of payment have proliferated into more than [...] Full text...

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Libyan authorities arrest Chinese crypto-currency miners

22 june 2023 - 14:41:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan public prosecutor's office has announced the discovery of several sites used for mining crypto-currency [...] Full text...

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Risks to economic recovery from pandemic remain- IMF official

04 august 2022 - 17:37:34
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mamadou D. Barry, IMF Resident Representative for The Gambia, has emphasized that the risks to the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's apex bank bans Nigerians from buying, selling bitcoin, other cryptos

05 february 2021 - 20:04:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Friday ordered banks and other financial institutions to close customer [...] Full text...

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Ghana to consider US$15 billion debt restructuring after polls - Finance advisers

07 december 2020 - 13:41:32
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana will have to grapple with the need for the restructuring of a massive US$15 billion [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: How cryptocurrency can help govts fund COVID-19 stimulus packages (Analysis)

30 july 2020 - 22:13:14
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “Never spend your money before you have it” is a famous quote from the late third [...] Full text...

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UNICEF to use crypto currencies

09 october 2019 - 23:14:31
New York, USA (PANA)  -  The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched a cryptocurrency fund which will be able [...] Full text...

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Burundi Central Bank tightens currency market rules

18 september 2019 - 12:30:12
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Botswana central bank is enforcing the obligation for any traveller to declare foreign currency amounts [...] Full text...

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Rwandan Police arrest local cryptocurrency CEO for involvment in fraud

31 may 2019 - 16:51:39
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has arrested a former entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Supermarketings [...] Full text...

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US: Global narcotics market 'thriving' – UN

22 june 2017 - 19:40:50
New York, US (PANA) – Of the quarter of a billion people who used drugs in 2015, about 29.5 million [...] Full text...

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France: INTERPOL identifies illegal wildlife trade on the Darknet

15 june 2017 - 09:09:40
Lyon, France (PANA) - Illegal wildlife traders may be turning their attention to the Darknet, a new INTERPOL research report [...] Full text...

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