People looking to buy the token need at least $100 in the accepted cryptocurrencies [...] The project already stipulated a $500 minimum for participation in this round but was forced to lower the entry requirement amid complaints from prospective buyers.
Sango Coins bought during this public sale phase have a one-year vesting requirement. As such, buyers cannot withdraw or transfer their tokens until the lock-up period is over.
It is aiming to raise almost $1 billion over the next year from the sale of its Sango Coin.
Of the initial $21 million on offer, about $1.09 million had been sold by 1115 GMT on Tuesday, after it went on sale at 1700 GMT on Monday.
"A crypto project not selling out its initial mint is a poor sign," said Joseph Edwards, head of financial strategy at Solrise, a crypto investment firm.
Details that remain unclear include what exchanges it will be listed on once the sales have finished and what proceeds will be used for.
"Sango is backed by the potential of its natural (resources)," said Michel Muna, a 35-year-old Cameroonian who imports food and drink, referring to the CAR's pledge to "tokenize" its mineral wealth.
I never thought I'd live to see the day when governments started shitcoining. This is hilarious 🤣
Title "Coin finds new buyers"
Article: "No one is buying this shit"
Lmao and neither should you. This is obviously a scam this government is trying out to fund themselves with.
It actually reads few buyers, but yup -- somehow the president of CAR got suckered by the "crypto"/"defi" advisors (Mara) on this one.
Ah shit, that's what I get for reading too fast.
Miami Coin and NY Coin were failures, CAR must adopt bitcoin and only bitcoin.
It's a bit sad, to be honest.
I get that they're trying to digitize their infrastructure, but they don't need NFTs and a sidechain to do this. They just need a database.
This will fail, miserably.
Hopefully no citizens get involved with this and they stick to bitcoin and bitcoin only, since it still is legal tender.
Her'es another article on the topic:
https://african.business/2022/07/technology-information/central-african-republics-crypto-island-scheme-provokes-scepticism
And an article on it, in The Block:
https://www.theblock.co/post/159716/central-african-republic-begins-public-sale-of-sango-coin
Wow, seems like an absolutely horrible idea
Oooof!!
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