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Bradesco, One of Brazil’s Largest Banks, Launches Tokenized Credit Notes in Blockchain Pilot
16.1.2023
Bradesco, one of the largest banks in Brazil and the third biggest in all of Latam, has entered the cryptocurrency world by issuing its first tokenized credit notes. The operation, carried out in partnership with Bolsa OTC, tokenized almost $2 million in bank credit notes, which were also...
Ukraine’s Tascombank Pilots Stellar-based E-hryvnia
15.1.2023
Tascombank, one of the oldest banking institutions in Ukraine, has completed the pilot testing of a digital currency based on the Stellar network. The bank believes that its electronic money platform represents an economically viable implementation of blockchain technology. Tascombank Conducts...
Digital Yuan Pilot Expands into Wealth Management, Securities & Education
11.1.2023
The central People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s digital yuan is set to expand into the world of wealth management – and has also broken new ground in the field of education.
According to Shanghai Securities News, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed brokerage and investment bank China Galaxy Securities...
Trigun Stampede’s Pilot Episode Puts Any Gripes Over CGI Anime To Rest
6.1.2023
The winter 2023 anime season is hitting the ground running with the debut of hotly anticipated shows like Nier: Automata and Mappa’s take on Vinland Saga. But the anime with the most to prove to the anime community this season is Trigun Stampede, the CG remake of the classic ‘90s anime, Trigun....
China Adds More Cities to its Digital Yuan Pilot
19.12.2022
More Chinese cities will be added to the nation’s digital yuan pilot – with a rollout edging closer to reality.
Per the newspaper the Workers’ Daily, the city of Jinan, Shandong Province, will be added to the pilot area. Also joining the pilot will be Nanning and Fangchenggang in the Guangxi...
National Bank of Kazakhstan Publishes Whitepaper for Digital Tenge
18.12.2022
The central bank of Kazakhstan has completed the second phase of testing for its digital currency and published a whitepaper. The studies carried out by the regulator on its introduction did not identify significant risks for the country’s financial stability and economy. Monetary Authority...
EU Rules for Distributed Ledger Financial Trading Finalized Ahead of March Pilot
16.12.2022
Requirements to test people's knowledge of distributed technology could deter the average retail investor, some worry
Australian CBDC receives unexpected interest but could hurt banks: RBA
8.12.2022
The pilot "eAUD" program is unique in that the Reserve Bank of Australia has not proposed use cases, and has received numerous suggestions from the industry
RBI announces the launch of its first retail digital rupee pilot program
30.11.2022
On October 31, 2022, the Reserve Bank of India issued an official press release regarding their plans to introduce the digital Rupee. In accordance with that, the institution has now formally launched its first retail digital Rupee in the form of a pilot project. This will, however, occur...
RBI Begins First Retail Digital Rupee Pilot in 13 Indian Cities With 8 Banks
30.11.2022
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is launching its first retail digital rupee pilot on Dec. 1 with the participation of eight banks. The pilot will start in four cities and then expand to cover nine more cities across India. RBI Picks 8 Banks, 13 Cities to Test Retail...
India to Start Retail CBDC Pilot in Four Cities With Four Banks
29.11.2022
India's central bank will start testing its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the cities of Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Bhubaneswar with the initial participation of four banks
Česko má nového astronauta: Pilot Aleš Svoboda je členem záložního týmu ESA
26.11.2022
Evropská kosmická agentura (ESA) představila nový tým astronautů pro vesmírný program, vybírala z bezmála 22 600 lidí. Členem záložního týmu je i český stíhací pilot Aleš Svoboda
Bank of Japan to Launch Digital Yen Pilot Program Next Year
26.11.2022
The Bank of Japan is preparing to run a test trial of its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yen, with help from three top banks and regional institutions. The pilot program, estimated to last two years, will focus on testing the currency via several transactions,...
Japanese Digital Yen Pilot to Begin ‘in Early 2023’
25.11.2022
The Japanese central bank could begin piloting the digital yen as early as spring 2023 and will reportedly start a trial involving “consumers and private sector companies.”...
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Data Lake Launches Consent-to-Earn Medical Data Donation System
24.11.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The EU-funded web3 startup Data Lake has launched the world’s first medical data donation system, based on Distributed Ledger Technology and with a novel incentives mechanism that rewards people for their medical data altruism called “Consent-to-Earn” (C2E). They recently launched...
Česko má astronauta! Pilot Gripenu je na dobré cestě podívat se do vesmíru
23.11.2022
Evropská vesmírná agentura představila ESA Astronaut Class of 2022, tedy 5 nových astronautů a 12 záložních astronautů. Na začátku bylo 22 500 platných přihlášek, na konci jsou jména 8 žen a 9 mužů. Právě mezi náhradníky je i Čech.
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Hong Kong Preparing to Join Digital Yuan Pilot, Extend ‘Cross-border’ Reach
23.11.2022
Mainland China and Hong Kong are set to co-launch the digital yuan’s first cross-border pilot project – as the People’s Bank of China (PBoC)-led project edges ever-closer to roll out.
According to Shanghai Securities News, Howard Lee, the Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority...
News Summary: Indian CBDC Pilot to Launch Within a Month, Three Arrested for Major Crypto-related Crimes, EQONEX Files for Debt Restructuring
22.11.2022
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The Reserve Bank of India to launch a retail CBDC pilot in December
22.11.2022
The digital rupee is intended as a supplement to the current payment system and not its replacement
FTX bankruptcy filing details, Binance’s crypto industry fund and a U.S. CBDC pilot: Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 13-19
19.11.2022