Author: joyabia

Joy Abia contributed to Blockchain Journal during 2022, covering topics related to finance, digital assets, and the intersection between traditional financial systems and emerging fintech models. Her reporting focused on explaining financial concepts, market structures, and investment-related developments within the broader crypto and blockchain landscape.

The IMF has published a paper that presents a simple cross-country analysis drawing on recently released survey-based data. The paper explores the correlation of crypto-asset usage with the indicators of corruption, capital controls, a history of high inflation, and other factors. The findings of the analysis show that crypto-asset usage is significantly and positively associated with corruption and capital controls. 

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