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Africa Unites in Currency Revolution: PAPSS Launches Dollar-Free Trade Platform
29.6.2025
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System has officially launched a currency marketplace aimed at reducing reliance on the U.S. dollar for intra-African trade. No Hard Currency Involved The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) has launched the African Currency Marketplace, a major...
De-Dollarization Deepens as SCO Nations Target Dollar-Free Trade
27.5.2025
Global financial power dynamics are shifting fast as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization drives a unified move to replace dollar dominance with national currencies in cross-border settlements. De-Dollarization Momentum Surges With SCO’s Coordinated Financial Reset A growing number...
Elon Musk Advocates for Free Trade Zone Between EU and US
6.4.2025
Elon Musk expressed his vision for a future of unrestricted trade between the United States and Europe during a video-link address at a congress in Florence, Italy. His comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 20% tariff on Italy and other EU countries. Musk, who serves as...
Trump’s Tariff-Free Trade, XRP Lawsuit Wrapping Up, and More — Week in Review
16.3.2025
Trump proposes tariff-free trade for Canada, SEC vs Ripple: XRP lawsuit wrapping, Arthur Hayes predicts Bitcoin bottom at $70K, and more in this Week in Review. Week in Review Bitcoin slipped below $80K as President Trump proposed tariff-free trade for Canada in exchange for statehood, following...
Trump Proposes Tariff-Free Trade for Canada in Exchange for Statehood, BTC Slides Below $80K
11.3.2025
President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum imports, combining a 25% duty on metals with a 25% general tariff on all Canadian goods, effective March 12, 2025. The move escalates a trade dispute centered on Canada’s “anti-American farmer tariffs”...
Central Bank of Iran promises CBDC launch, fintech to fight sanctions
26.11.2024
The digital rial is being developed for retail purposes so far, but the integration of Iranian payment systems with Russia may foil US sanctions.
XRP, TON win approval in Dubai International Financial Centre free trade zone
2.11.2023
The new tokens join the ranks of BTC, ETH and LTC for use by the 4,000-plus companies located in the zone, which is considering new legal measures as well
Solana Joins Dubai’s Largest Free-Trade Zone to Foster Web3 Adoption
16.10.2023
Solana Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind the layer-1 blockchain Solana, has joined the largest free trade zone in the UAE – the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) – as an ecosystem partner, to tap into the Web3 value in Dubai.
The collaboration will enable Solana to offer technical...
Kenyan President William Ruto Urges African Countries to Commence Process to Ditch the Dollar
1.6.2023
Kenyan President William Ruto recently urged his counterparts on the African continent to kickstart the process of ditching the U.S. dollar and replacing it with a pan-African settlement system. Ruto said the Pan-African Payments and Settlement System (PAPSS) allows business people to focus...
BRICS, Eurasian Economic Union, SCO Members Plan to Discuss Forming an Extensive Alliance
20.5.2023
In four days, representatives from the BRICS nations and the Eurasian Economic Union free trade group are set to convene to explore the possibility of integration with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), as revealed by a recent russia-briefing.com report. The report emphasizes...
Russia Negotiating Free Trade Deal With India to Facilitate Imports in the Face of Sanctions
18.4.2023
Russia is in the process of negotiating a free trade deal with India in order to substitute part of the products and investments that were banned by sanctions enacted after the Ukrainian conflict erupted. Russia is now the largest oil supplier of India, with the country taking advantage of...
Dubai Free Trade Zone Partners With South Korean Companies to Expand Web3 and Metaverse Business
18.3.2023
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, one of the biggest free trade zones in the world, signed agreements with governments and companies in South Korea to bring more Web3 and metaverse businesses to the emirate. The objective of this move is to consolidate the status of Dubai as an international...
China's Hainan to boost NFT oversight as digital yuan trial ramps
31.1.2023
Hainan's market regulator wants to promote NFTs as part of the digital economy, but will actively work to weed out bad actors and speculative behavior
Does the Metaverse Need a Free Trade Agreement?
1.4.2022
It’s seeking to be the centerpiece of Web 3, but a successful metaverse could run headfirst into some old-style protectionist barriers like work permits and data blocks, trade policy expert Sam Lowe tells us
‘Risk-Free’ Trade Makes Comeback as Bitcoin ETF Fuels Futures Premiums
19.10.2021
The closest thing to a "risk-free" trade in the crypto market has once again appeared back on the radar for many traders, after the introduction of exchange-traded funds (ETF) backed by bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts have pushed price premiums on regulated bitcoin futures higher....
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Africa Will ‘One Day Have a Common Currency’ Says Secretary General of African Continental Free Trade Area
13.7.2021
The secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) secretariat, Wamkele Mene, says Africa will “one day have a common currency” via a proposed “Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS).” He adds that such a currency will help “ease...
Persian Gulf Island to Become Crypto Exchange Hub, Iran Minister Proposes
17.6.2021
Iran’s information technology minister has pitched the idea of transforming the Persian Gulf island of Kish into an international center for cryptocurrency exchanges. Iranian authorities plan to create a financial free zone in the territory which has already attracted cryptocurrency miners....
Are Bitcoin Futures A Top "Risk-Free" Trade?
14.5.2021
Luis Martim Aureliano is an independent financial crypto analyst, consultant.
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With cryptocurrencies surpassing the USD 2trn market capitalization milestone, the upward price momentum has drawn a fair share of cheerleaders and detractors into the conversation surrounding Bitcoin (BTC)’s future....
Dubai Government Licensing Entity Now Accepts Bitcoin for Payments
17.2.2021
A government-owned entity in Dubai has started accepting bitcoin, ether and tether as payment for its services, according to local media reports. Kiklabb is a free trade zone that helps companies set up shop in Dubai, a wealthy city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Kiklabb issues...
South Korea Considers Blockchain-Run Free Trade Zone
7.7.2020
The South Korean government considers a free trade zone for industrial hemp run on a blockchain-based platform