{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf/9868ee46-af7c-4795-a878-4de72adfaf16?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Laos welcomes cryptocurrency miners","description":"<p><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/8e3784f8-5605-40aa-a8b5-3d0e5bdae9a9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ft.com/content/8e3784f8-5605-40aa-a8b5-3d0e5bdae9a9</a></p><p><br></p><p>An unpublished internal model seen by the FT shows that the European Central Bank expects to hit its elusive 2 per cent inflation target by 2025, and Myanmar’s shadow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.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Unpublished ECB inflation estimate raises prospect of earlier rate rise</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/0ee1336d-1c7c-43b5-a8ed-f141f31fb70e\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ft.com/content/0ee1336d-1c7c-43b5-a8ed-f141f31fb70e</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Laos pushes into crypto as it authorises mining and trading</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/3a820200-0128-42b3-be6c-f5abd6381efa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ft.com/content/3a820200-0128-42b3-be6c-f5abd6381efa</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Myanmar violence mounts after shadow government embraces ‘war’</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/492bd2b6-e5c9-4d9e-81ea-b95f6c14aef9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ft.com/content/492bd2b6-e5c9-4d9e-81ea-b95f6c14aef9</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>MassMutual fined $4m over meme-stock trading by ‘Roaring Kitty’</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/7ce3b9a4-1f86-4e49-a3cf-6b5a445fef0e\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ft.com/content/7ce3b9a4-1f86-4e49-a3cf-6b5a445fef0e</a></p><p><br></p><p>The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Gavin Kallmann, Michael Bruning, and Persis Love. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}