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Zimbabwe Sells $14 Million in Gold-Backed Digital Tokens

Zimbabwe 1 oz gold coin

The token’s initial offering is backed by 140 kilogram gold bars that have been allocated from central bank reserves

The offering from Zimbabwe is causing a ruckus with the IMF that is reminiscent of the outrage posited against El Salvador when it established bitcoin as a legal currency and began issuing bitcoin bonds.

Texas Committee Passes Bill To Create 100% Gold And Silver-Backed Transactional Currencies

Legislators in Texas are leading the charge against the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on fiat money by offering an option for people to conduct business in sound money.

Physical gold and silver that would support the backing of the digital currency would be stored in a pooled account at the Texas State Bullion Depository.