Laos welcomes cryptocurrency miners

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com https://www.ft.com/content/8e3784f8-5605-40aa-a8b5-3d0e5bdae9a9

An unpublished internal model seen by the FT shows that the European Central Bank expects to hit its elusive 2 per cent inflation target by 2025, and Myanmar’s shadow government is fighting back against the military junta. Plus, the FT’s markets editor, Katie Martin, explains why Laos is allowing cryptocurrency mining. 

Unpublished ECB inflation estimate raises prospect of earlier rate rise https://www.ft.com/content/0ee1336d-1c7c-43b5-a8ed-f141f31fb70e

Laos pushes into crypto as it authorises mining and trading https://www.ft.com/content/3a820200-0128-42b3-be6c-f5abd6381efa

Myanmar violence mounts after shadow government embraces ‘war’ https://www.ft.com/content/492bd2b6-e5c9-4d9e-81ea-b95f6c14aef9

MassMutual fined $4m over meme-stock trading by ‘Roaring Kitty’ https://www.ft.com/content/7ce3b9a4-1f86-4e49-a3cf-6b5a445fef0e

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