Vietnam officially bans cryptocurrency as payment, yet a quarter-million-dollar stablecoin transaction unfolds in a café on an ordinary March morning. This investigation reveals the paradox of a Communist state championing digital transformation while a thriving shadow financial system operates in plain sight. Through on-the-ground reporting across Vietnamese cities, the piece exposes how a cashless, tech-savvy population navigates the gap between official policy and economic reality.
Tanzeel Akhtar
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Contributed to The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Bloomberg, Investing.com, Benzinga, The Street, Kitco News, Financial Times' This is Africa, African Business Magazine, CNBC, Hedge Week, Campden Family Office, Citywire, Modern Investor, Spear's Wealth Management Magazine, The Local, Euromoney, Yahoo! Finance, Global Investor, ETF.com, CIO UK, Forbes, Funds Global Asia and Portfolio Institutional.
She has held full-time positions at Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Interactive Investor, Fund Strategy, Money Marketing, Money Observer, Mining Journal, Marketing Week, Futures and Options Intelligence and Waters Technology. Interned at The Independent, South Wales Argus and Lancashire Evening Post.
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