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Sovereign Aboriginal Yidindji Nation Launches Own CBDC
The Sovereign Yidindji Nation, an indigenous micronation located in the Australian rainforest region of far north Queensland, has created hi...
Mastercard Partners with Coinbase Enabling Easy NFT Purchases
Payments giant Mastercard has partnered with crypto exchange Coinbase to enable easier NFT (non-fungible token) purchases. In a blog post, M...
Bitcoin Payments Decline as Other Cryptos Grow in Payment Usage
A literal interpretation of “cryptocurrency” necessarily implies a willingness on the part of the holder to exchange it for good...
Tonga Intends Following El Salvador Playbook, Making BTC Legal Tender by November
According to former member of parliament Lord Fusitu’a, the small Polynesian island nation of Tonga is likely to emulate El Salvador’...
Survey: 24% of Small Businesses Plan to Accept Crypto This Year
According to a survey conducted by Visa, almost a quarter of small businesses across nine countries around the world plan to accept cryptocu...
Visa Partners with ConsenSys to Pilot CBDC
American multinational payments giant Visa has partnered with ConsenSys, a blockchain software tech company, to build the proper infrastruct...
PayPal Confirms it is ‘Exploring a Stablecoin’ After Dev Discovers it in Code
PayPal Coin is the new soon-to-be-released stablecoin from Paypal Holdings Inc, as revealed to Bloomberg News by Jose Fernandez da Ponte, Pa...
Airbnb CEO Confirms Site is Working to Accept Crypto in 2022
After asking his Twitter followers to share their ideas for a new service it can offer in 2022, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky was m...
NEAR Protocol Token Soars 48% in a Week After Listing on MoonPay
When payment solutions company MoonPay announced it was allowing its users to buy NEAR tokens worldwide, the price of NEAR Protocol skyrocke...
Meta’s Crypto Project Novi Begins WhatsApp Stablecoin Payments Trial
Novi, a new crypto wallet for sending digital payments through WhatsApp, is available now and being trialled for a limited number of people ...
Ledger to Launch Debit Card Allowing Users to Use Crypto as Collateral
Hardware wallet maker Ledger is launching the Crypto Life card, a debit card that allows its users to spend crypto on goods and services or ...
Treasury Moves to Consider Feasibility of CBDC and Crypto Legalisation Reforms
The Australian government is making strides in reforming consumer and business payments as well as building a framework for the regulation o...