Why Botswana should embrace Bitcoin
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 | 850 Views |
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After several years of skepticism and misunderstanding about cryptocurrencies, Botswana’s lawmakers passed a bill to regulate crypto trading last February. Even though the bitcoin ecosystem in Botswana is relatively new, the step taken by lawmakers should make bitcoin gain credibility. However, with lots of divided opinions about bitcoin on social media, Batswana are faced with the challenge of which information they could rely on. Hence, this article will outline five key reasons Batswana should embrace bitcoin.
1. Bitcoin adoption creates decent employment opportunities
When the State cannot rely on its own machinery to pursue suspected wrongdoing, repairing that machinery must become a national priority.The establishment of a Special Investigations and Asset Recovery Task Force may help government respond to the immediate challenge. However, Botswana cannot afford to leave the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) struggling whilst building...