| Amid Coronavirus IMF Says
Haiti Has Applied For Aid After UN Harmed It
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 25 –
Before the International
Monetary Fund's February 13
embargoed briefing,
Inner City Press asked the IMF
to confirm or deny something
in the crypto-currency media,
that "IMF ADVISES EASTERN
CARIBBEAN STATES TO TRIAL
DIGITAL CURRENCY." See below.
Now on
March 27 amid the Coronavirus
crisis the IMF's Managing
Director Kristalina Georgieva
on Haiti has announced, "In
light of the urgent need to
step up action to protect the
Haitian people and the
economy, the authorities have
requested our financial
support through the Fund’s
Rapid Credit Facility . On
approval of this emergency
financial tool, it will
provide financing in support
of policies that would direct
funds swiftly to Haiti’s most
affected sectors, including
the healthcare system, to
bolster the initial response
to COVID-19. Our IMF staff
team is working expeditiously
to respond to this request so
that a proposal can be
considered by the Fund’s
Executive Board in the coming
weeks. Our IMF staff team is
working expeditiously to
respond to this request so
that a proposal can be
considered by the Fund’s
Executive Board in the coming
weeks." Questions on Ghana,
Kenya and Cameroon remain
outstanding.
Inner City Press
covers not only the IMF but
also all things crypto in the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York,
for example SEC
v. Telegram and the
prosecution of Virgil
Griffith formerly of
Ethereum. Inner
City Press asked the IMF, "It
is reported that to the
Eastern Caribbean Currency
Union, the IMF suggests to
experiment with a common
digital currency, on a
blockchain. Can you
elaborate?"
While IMF
spokesperson Gerry Rice during
the briefing answered
Inner City Press' Somalia and
Egypt questions, it was
afterward that this answer
arrived by e-mail,
"attributable to Gerry Rice,
IMF Spokesman and Director of
Communications:
'The IMF did not
suggest to experiment with a
common digital currency. In
March 2019, the Eastern
Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB)
launched a central bank
digital currency pilot
project, using blockchain
technology, on its own
initiative.
As noted
in the IMF Concluding
Statement of the 2019
discussion on the common
policies of the Eastern
Caribbean Currency Union
(ECCU) member countries, the
digital currency could expose
the ECCB and the financial
system to various risks,
including for financial
intermediation, financial
integrity, and cybersecurity.
Given these risks of the
digital currency, the IMF
stressed that the ongoing
pilot project should proceed
cautiously.”
So there. (A
OneCoin / Bulgaria question
remains outstanding). We
appreciate the IMF's answer.
Watch this site, for IMF news
and... all things crypto,
good, bad and ugly.
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