kyat

Blockchain technology might be important but Bitcoin itself is about as interesting as the Burmese kyat or Gambian dalasi.

Not sure about now but back then there were absolutely no ways to use the payment cards so I carried around a thick stack of dirty 1000 kyat banknotes.

I visited Mrauk U back in 2015 and had to withdraw enough kyat to sustain me for the few days I was there since there was no ATM in the town.

For example the US perfectly allows holding and trading in all (virtually all?) foreign currencies including countries it has strained relationships with (Iranian rial, Burmese kyat, etc) and these countries have economies as large as, if not larger than Bitcoin.

Burma (Myanmar) has done this several times for the same declared reason, but with a batshit insane dictator with a predilection for numerology, so their demonetisations went like this: 1985: 50 and 100 kyat notes demonetized, replaced by 15, 35 and 75 kyat notes.

Many Indians returned and were given 175 kyat for their trip to India." The common thread between your assertions are that one side is predominantly Buddhist and the other side is predominantly Hindu, however this does not mean the religion is the source of the conflict.

Two examples: gold (obviously the US does not "control" worldwide gold trades, and yet gold is often used for laundering), and foreign currencies (perfectly legal to hold and trade in the US, even those from countries with strained relationships with the US such as the Iranian rial, Burmese kyat, etc).

Many Indians returned and were given 175 kyat for their trip to India." The common thread between your assertions are that one side is predominantly Buddhist and the other side is predominantly Hindu, however this does not mean the religion is the source of the conflict.

Two examples: gold (obviously the US does not "control" worldwide gold trades, and yet gold is often used for laundering), and foreign currencies (perfectly legal to hold and trade in the US, even those from countries with strained relationships with the US such as the Iranian rial, Burmese kyat, etc).