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Report: Nigerian CBDC Wallet Update to Enable Utility Payments, USSD Functionality to Be Added
11.5.2022
The Nigerian central bank digital currency (CBDC) wallet app is set for an update that will see users given the ability to pay for utilities like pay television and for topping up airtime. The addition of the unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) functionality to the wallet app means...
Sony Bets New PS5 Stock On A Post-Covid World (Whenever That Happens)
10.5.2022
We’re over a year into the PlayStation 5’s lifecycle and Sony still can’t make anywhere near enough of them. It hopes that could change soon. The company is promising to sell 18 million more PS5s in the next year if the current covid lockdown in China only lasts a couple of months. With the global...
Sand Dollar CBDC Could ‘Foster Financial Inclusion’ in the Bahamas - IMF
10.5.2022
The Sand Dollar, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) developed by the Bahamas, has the potential to “foster financial inclusion and payment system resilience” in the Caribbean nation, a new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said....
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Report: Nigerian Crypto Restrictions and Twitter Ban Have ‘Crippled Foreign Direct Investment in the Fintech Industry’
10.5.2022
A new report has concluded that restrictions on cryptocurrency trading, as well as the banning of Twitter by Nigerian authorities, may have “crippled foreign direct investment in the fintech industry.” Foreign Direct Investment ‘Crippled’ A new report has found that...
Chilean Digital Peso Would Need to Work Offline, Central Bank Governor Says
10.5.2022
Design principles are due out later this week, though no final decision has been taken on the digital peso
Bukele Showcases Bitcoin City Plans and ‘Buys the BTC Dip’ Amid Stark Warning
10.5.2022
After weeks of silence on all things bitcoin (BTC)-related, El Salvador’s outspoken President Nayib Bukele has taken to Twitter to announce that his government has bought USD 15.4m worth of BTC – and to showcase plans for Bitcoin City. However, voices of opposition are continuing to issue...
Nigeria upgrades CBDC as crypto restrictions cripple fintech industry
10.5.2022
Nigeria’s central bank has upgraded its eNaira to steer the country away from crypto even after a UN report stated that restrictions on digital currencies are stifling the nation's fintech sector
BIS: 9 out of 10 Central Banks Worldwide Are Exploring Digital Currencies — Driven by Crypto Market
10.5.2022
Nine out of 10 central banks globally are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), according to the latest survey by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). Furthermore, “the emergence of stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies have accelerated the work on CBDCs.”...
Ukraine's New Fundraising Platform Supports Over 100 Cryptos
9.5.2022
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has launched a new fundraising platform, dubbed United24, which accepts donations in more than 100 different cryptoassets.
The list of supported cryptoassets ranges from popular cryptos like bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), binance coin (BNB), to recently...
Deribit and OKX attract significant traffic from China despite a blanket ban: report
9.5.2022
Recent geographical traffic data highlights that Chinese traders continue to access centralized exchanges despite a regulatory risk
Quelle surprise: Central African bank scolds the CAR for Bitcoin adoption
9.5.2022
The Central African Republic adopting crypto puts monetary stability in “peril” according to a letter from the Governor of the Bank of Central African States
Binance Stops Crypto Derivatives Trading in Spain at Regulator’s Request – Report
9.5.2022
A media outlet has claimed that the crypto exchange Binance has been forced to halt all crypto derivatives trading in Spain at the behest of the national markets regulator....
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Majority of Russia’s Financial Pyramids in Q1 Linked to Crypto, Scammers Exploit Sanctions Topic
8.5.2022
Many of the financial pyramids identified in Russia during the first quarter of the year have been associated with cryptocurrencies, a top central bank official has revealed. Fraudsters are actively exploiting the hot topics of the day, including the sanctions theme. Pyramids Offer Russian...
Fed Hopes for ‘Soft Landing’ for US Economy, but History Suggests It Won’t Prevent Recession
8.5.2022
Alex Domash, Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, and Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard Kennedy School._____
The Federal Reserve will likely soon learn what gymnasts already know: sticking a landing is hard....
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Central Bank of Argentina Bans Private Banks From Offering Cryptocurrency Services
7.5.2022
The Central Bank of Argentina has taken steps to ban private banks from offering cryptocurrency services to customers in the country. The action comes after two banks had started offering cryptocurrency purchasing services from their apps. The measure is said to be directed at mitigating risks...
US Fed hikes interest rates, Bitcoin plunges below $36K, and Argentina’s central bank says no to financial institutions offering crypto: Hodler’s Digest, May 1-7
7.5.2022
US Court Fines Bitmex’s Founders $30 Million for Operating Illegal Crypto Platform
7.5.2022
The founders of Bitmex have been ordered to pay $30 million “for illegally operating a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform and anti-money laundering violations.” Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed must pay $10 million each. Bitmex’s Founders Fined $30 Million...
Spanish Securities Regulator Orders Binance to Stop Offering Cryptocurrency Derivatives
6.5.2022
The Spanish securities regulator, the CNMV, has ordered Binance to stop offering cryptocurrency derivative products to customers in the country. According to local media, the crypto exchange giant has followed the orders of the regulator, withdrawing these products from its customers in Spain....
Peter Schiff Warns Economic Downturn in the US ‘Will Be Much Worse Than the Great Recession’
6.5.2022
Following the Federal Reserve’s rate hike on Wednesday, economist Peter Schiff has had a lot to say since the U.S. central bank raised the benchmark rate by half a percentage point. Schiff further believes we are in a recession and says “it will be much worse than the Great Recession...
90% of surveyed central banks are exploring CBDCs — BIS
6.5.2022
“Globally, more than two-thirds of central banks consider that they are likely to or might possibly issue a retail CBDC in either the short- or medium-term,” said the BIS