This document provides an overview of decentralized currencies in Trinidad and Tobago, including:
1) Definitions of digital, virtual, and decentralized currencies and how they differ from legal tender.
2) A brief overview of Trinidad and Tobago's economy, which is heavily dependent on the petroleum sector.
3) An analysis of why decentralized currencies like Bitcoin may not be suitable for Trinidad and Tobago currently due to institutional and regulatory challenges, as well as lack of public accessibility and need.
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how to swap pi coins to foreign currency withdrawable.DOT TECH
As of my last update, Pi is still in the testing phase and is not tradable on any exchanges.
However, Pi Network has announced plans to launch its Testnet and Mainnet in the future, which may include listing Pi on exchanges.
The current method for selling pi coins involves exchanging them with a pi vendor who purchases pi coins for investment reasons.
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What price will pi network be listed on exchangesDOT TECH
The rate at which pi will be listed is practically unknown. But due to speculations surrounding it the predicted rate is tends to be from 30$ — 50$.
So if you are interested in selling your pi network coins at a high rate tho. Or you can't wait till the mainnet launch in 2026. You can easily trade your pi coins with a merchant.
A merchant is someone who buys pi coins from miners and resell them to Investors looking forward to hold massive quantities till mainnet launch.
I will leave the what's app number of my personal pi vendor to trade with.
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Anywhere in the world, including Africa, America, and Europe, you can sell Pi Network Coins online and receive cash through online payment options.
Pi has not yet been launched on any exchange because we are currently using the confined Mainnet. The planned launch date for Pi is June 28, 2026.
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Consequently, right now. All you need to do is select the right pi network provider.
Who is a pi merchant?
An individual who buys coins from miners on the pi network and resells them to investors hoping to hang onto them until the mainnet is launched is known as a pi merchant.
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1. Decentralized currencies in Trinidad and
Tobago
Rationale and Outlook
Prepared for the TTCS by Richard Jobity
Saturday 14th June, 2014
2. Me
Business analyst
Staff Economist for 11
years at CBTT (1990-
2002)
Currently employed in
energy sector
Current interests include
the role of competitive
intelligence in agile
businesses, energy
economics, technology,
institutional strategy
3. Agenda
Decentralized currencies – some definitions?
TT Economy 101
Functions of money
Role of the monetary authorities
(Quick) overview of he TT Financial system
So... decentralized currencies?
Conclusion
Outlook
4. Some definitions
Digital currency
form of virtual currency or medium of exchange that is
electronically created and stored.
Some digital currencies, such as Bitcoin,
are cryptocurrencies. Like traditional money these
currencies may be used to buy physical goods and
services but could also be restricted to certain
communities such as for example for use inside an on-
line game or social network (Arscoin, etc)
5. Virtual currency/virtual money has been defined as
"a type of unregulated, digital money, which is issued
and usually controlled by its developers, and used
and accepted among the members of a specific
virtual community“ (European Central Bank, 2012 )
"a medium of exchange that operates like
a currency in some environments, but does not have
all the attributes of real currency“ (US Department of
Treasury, 2013)
6. The key attribute a virtual currency does not have
at this time is the status as legal tender
8. Linkages between petroleum sector and rest
of inland economy
Petroleum
Sector
Government
Sector Expenditure
Rest of the
economy
Natural gas and petroleum products
Wages and salaries
Purchases of goods and services
Taxes and
other
payments to
government
Incentives to investors
9. Dual sector & economic growth
Petroleum sector
Most of the investment takes place
in this sector
Growth and investment dependent
on exogenous factors
Growth opportunities depend on
international prices for oil and gas,
proven reserves
Growth possibilities in services
sector related to growth in
petroleum sector and petrochemical
industries
Non-Petroleum sector
Growth and investment dependent
on petroleum sector
Growth in non-oil sector dependent
on services
Lack of autonomy (growth in non-oil
sector highly dependent on oil
sector)
Relatively underdeveloped non-oil
tradeables sector
10. TT: Plantation Economy?
1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000
Subsistence farming Tobacco Cotton Sugar Cane Cocoa Oil Petrochemicals LNG ?
The plantation economy model posits that plantation
slavery and specialization in export of primary
commodities has marked the evolution of the
societies in which it existed.
11. “The legacy of institutions,
structures and behaviour
patterns of the plantation
system are so deeply
entrenched that
adjustment tends to take
place as an adaptation
within the bounds of the
established framework”
(Best 1968, p. 32)
12. Trinidad and Tobago – an enclave?
Export commodity concentration ratios,
average 1900-1913
Export commodity concentration ratios,
average 10 years after independence
First
product %
Second
Product % Enclave
First
product %
Second
Product % Enclave
Trinida
d and
Tobago
Banana
s 50 Sugar 16.9 Yes
Petr.
Product
s 75.1 Sugar 5.6 Yes
Source: Robinson, James A, and Jonathan H Conning. 2009. Enclaves and Development: An Empirical Assessment.
Studies in Comparative International Development 44: 359-385.
13. We need to understand the grip of the founding
institution of the plantation in order to remove its
stranglehold on the dynamic for change ...
•Normal relationship between State and business is
reversed.
•Private sector (outside of the enclave, largely foreign-
owned resource companies) “… are dependent upon the
State for direct and indirect welfare gains, through
disbursement of oil revenue.’’
- Homa Katouzian
14. TT Financial System
Initially established to assist the merchant class (plantation
owners)
Relatively stable
Very conservative (as a result of the institutional failures of
the 1980s – Winsure, ITL, etc)
Imperfect competition between institutions, alongside
association with said institutions
Commercial banking with associated retail (in keeping with
plantation social structure)
Generally profitability from consumer lending &
trade/manufacturing business
Not friendly to entrepreneurial initiatives or calls on
services outside favored customers
15. Credit culture of commercial banks
Birchwood study-
Under a state of financial liberalization, the credit
culture of commercial banks was found to be
suboptimal to the social goals of innovation and
entrepreneural development. In particular, the
credit culture was found to be closely tied to
economic cycles and biassed against some
segments of the market, both in terms of
allocation and lending rates. Moreover, the credit
culture was bedevilled by inadequate information
which consequently weakened risk management.
16. Functions of money
Medium of exchange (intermediate the exchange of
goods and services, it is performing a function as
a medium of exchange - avoids the inefficiencies of a
barter system)
Unit of account ( standard numerical unit of
measurement of the market value of goods, services, and
other transactions.)
Store of value (money must be able to be reliably saved,
stored, and retrieved – and be predictably usable as a
medium of exchange when it is retrieved)
Standard of deferred payment (an accepted way to
settle a debt)
Measure of value (a standard measure and common
denomination of trade - basis for quoting and bargaining
of prices (accounting systems). Essentially a method for
comparing the values of dissimilar objects)
20. So... decentralized currencies?
Institutional Framework
Government rules regulate all electronic currency (FI
Act 2008) including bitcoin & other electronic money
Existing monetary policy geared to stimulation of
economic growth in framework of stable financial
system
Fairly well-working conventional financial market, so
less explicit need for alternatives. FINANCIAL
MARKET GENERALLY ENJOYS CONFIDENCE OF
CLIENTELE
21. So... decentralized currencies?
International money transfers (which could be used
to buy bitcoin abroad) are restricted
Duties on the import of computer parts that could be
used to “mine” bitcoin (high-end graphics cards are
quite expensive)
Cost of regulation and monitoring for the monetary
authorities disproportionate to use (for now)
How do you track these transactions?
22. So... decentralized currencies?
Limited market accessibility - not that easy to acquire if
you do not have access to foreign money
Requires a high level of digital skills
Not yet fulfiling the role of money
Not (yet) dependable - holding bitcoin is still risky
Potential for abuse (underground economy use)
NOT ISSUE OF POTENTIAL PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
(public have no problem using electronic money, c/cs,
Amazon credit, Apple store credit, Paypal, etc)
PROBLEMS ARE INSTITUTIONAL
Institutional deficits in information, monitoring, and participation
23. Conclusion
Decentralized currencies are potentially disruptive
The TT monetary authorities seek to maintain a
stable, well-regulated financial system
Decentralized currencies, like financial markets
cannot be trusted to regulate themselves
Regulatory nightmare
So no, not right now. BUT
Trinidad and Tobago’s economy evolved dually: a dominant, capital intensive oil and gas sector and a non-oil sector with service industries as the main economic activity.