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United Kingdom’s digital pound meets public backlash — Why?

14.7.2023
The use of physical currency for transactions is plummeting globally, so why is the U.K. so tentative with its own central bank digital currency?

Chinese city public servants to receive digital RMB salaries from May

23.4.2023
Civil servants including public service personnel, public institution personnel and personnel of state-owned units at all levels in the city will be compensated in digital RMB payment

Bank of England preparing for greater role of tokenization in finance, official says

17.4.2023
BoE deputy governor Sir Jon Cunliffe looked at stablecoin, CBDC and other forms of tokenization taking hold in the modern economy in a speech on financial innovation

Today in Crypto: Traders at an Institutional Crypto Firm Targeted by Hackers Since July 2022, Huobi Korea to Reportedly Cut Ties with Huobi Global

9.1.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________... Read More: Today in Crypto: Traders at an Institutional Crypto Firm Targeted by Hackers Since July 2022, Huobi Korea to Reportedly...

US Treasury report encourages instant payment, recommends more CBDC research

16.9.2022
In one of three reports released simultaneously Friday, the Treasury Department talks cautiously about stablecoins and CBDC in the context of wider payment technology

SWIFT, Capgemini Team Up On Developing Global CBDC Interlinks

23.5.2022
Global payments network Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is partnering with French consultancy Capgemini to conduct new experiments and test how domestic central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can be interlinked, taking the next step toward cross-border...

Russian Tax Body Suggests Allowing Crypto Pay in Trade Deals, Digital Ruble May Be Ready by 2023

22.4.2022
The Russian tax agency reportedly wants to allow companies involved in cross-border trade to accept crypto as a form of payment – and pay foreign exporters in cryptoassets. And the Central Bank has claimed that its digital ruble could be ready as soon as next year.... Read More: Russian Tax Body...

Here’s how much digital yuan used at Olympics, according to PBoC

16.2.2022
Foreign users tend to use hardware e-CNY wallets more at the Olympics, while domestic users mainly go for software wallets

Iran to reportedly pilot central bank digital currency soon

19.1.2022
The Central Bank of Iran hinted at a possible CBDC pilot soon without elaborating on the time frame of the program

Bitcoin as Legal Tender: a Look at the Pros, Cons, and Future Trends

19.11.2021
Greg Waisman, co-founder and COO of the global payment network Mercuryo. __________ Since the inception of Bitcoin (BTC) back in 2009, there has always been buzz around the topic of adopting the cryptocurrency as a nation's official legal tender.... Read More: Bitcoin as Legal Tender: a Look...

Visa working on blockchain interoperability hub for crypto payments

30.9.2021
Visa’s new blockchain interoperability project is designed to serve as a “network of blockchain networks.”

Adapt or die: Payments giants partner with crypto firms to ensure security

21.9.2021
Mastercard’s upcoming acquisition of CipherTrace demonstrates the need for payments giants to partner with crypto firms to enable digital asset innovation

Cambodia explores cross-border transactions of CBDC-like Bakong

6.8.2021
Launched in late 2020, Cambodia’s digital money project Bakong reached 200,000 users in June, doubling from three months earlier

Beijing and Suzhou Railways Now Accept Digital Yuan Payments for Ride Fares

1.7.2021
Beijing subway has officially launched a new program that allows passengers to pay for rides with the central bank digital currency (CBDC) also known as the digital yuan. The news follows the subway system in East China’s Jiangsu province in the city of Suzhou which also allows digital yuan...