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A Dubai-based family office has announced plans to invest $8.8bn to build a “blockchain and digital assets” financial hub in the Maldives, a scheme the cash-strapped Indian Ocean archipelago hopes will help it through a looming debt crunch.
The planned investment led by family office MBS Global Investments over five years would exceed the Maldives’ annual GDP of…