Zimbabwe turns gold-backed digital token into payment method - 0 views
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John Kiff on 11 Oct 23The Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) digital asset backed by a physical gold held in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ's) reserves officially launched as a payment method. The RBZ first started issuing Mosi-oa-Tunya physical gold-backed tokens in 2022, and the ZiG was introduced in April 2023. The digital tokens can be stored in either e-gold wallets or e-gold cards and are tradeable for peer-to-peer and business transactions. https://twitter.com/ReserveBankZIM/status/1709929505144652153