How a CBDC Created Chaos and Poverty in Nigeria

09/27/2023 Jan M. Fijor

The Nigerian government should have seen the economic disaster the eNaira would cause. They didn’t, and chaos and rioting followed.

Original Article: How a CBDC Created Chaos and Poverty in Nigeria

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