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It's all because the country lacks foreign reserves.
When I visited North Korea years ago the pre-determined hotel, shops, entertainment etc all required USD.
And of course this all predates crypto which has made this trivial.
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It's all because the country lacks foreign reserves.
When I visited North Korea years ago the pre-determined hotel, shops, entertainment etc all required USD.
And of course this all predates crypto which has made this trivial.