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French CBDC Trial Incorporating Smart Contracts Heralded a Success
Banque de France, the French central bank, has successfully completed its 10-month trial using Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) in the...
New Visa NFT Program Aims To ‘Help Creators Reach New Audiences’
Financial services giant Visa has partnered with former major league baseballer Micah Johnson to launch an initiative to help digital creato...
Study Postulates: Nearly 45% of Consumers Around the World Will Use Crypto for Payments by 2023
According to a report on worldwide payments by the Capgemini Research Institute, the global leader in independent analysis, the payment indu...
Snowden Claims CBDCs ‘Deny People Ownership of Their Money’
Edward Snowden, a former consultant to the US National Security Agency (NSA) and exiled privacy advocate, is well known for his stance again...
SEC Chair Confirms It Has ‘No Plan to Ban Crypto’, Leaves It Up to Congress
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler has confirmed the regulator has no intention of banning digital currencies...
Visa Aims to be the Bridge Connecting International CBDC Blockchains
Visa has unveiled a paper outlining the development of a protocol to make cross-border payments with Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)...
IMF Recommends Standards for CBDCs and Crypto to ‘Ensure Financial Stability’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a set of policy recommendations for crypto regulation to stave off financial stability ch...
Crypto Market Fear Subsides Following Fed Announcement that ‘It Will Not Ban Crypto’
During the US House Financial Services Committee meeting on September 30, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, confirmed that...
RBA Looking to Hire CBDC Experts to Contribute Towards ‘Future of Money in Australia’
It’s official, according to a recent Linkedin job listing – the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is currently hiring for its R...
ANZ Bank Shortlisted for Singapore’s Retail CBDC Project
One of Australia’s ‘Big Four’ banks, ANZ is one of 15 finalists in a global competition to develop a Central Bank Digital Currency (CB...
Australia Officially Launches CBDC Digital Currency Pilot
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has joined Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa to launch a Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) pilo...
Nigerian Central Bank Reveals ‘Speed Wallet’ Ahead of October e-Naira Launch
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to release its official digital “Speed Wallet” to facilitate next month’s launch ...