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Stellar Starts Phased Rollout of 'Soroban' Smart Contracts
20.2.2024
The "Protocol 20" upgrade, which adds support for Ethereum-style smart contracts to the decade-old payments-focused blockchain, had been delayed by three weeks due to precautions after a bug was found
Belarus CBDC ‘Will Let Nation Decentralize Cross-border Trade,’ 2026 Rollout Confirmed
8.2.2024
Belarus’ Central Bank thinks its new CBDC will let Minsk “decentralize cross-border trade,” and has earmarked a national rollout for 2026. Per ONT, the National Bank of Belarus (NBB)’s Deputy Head of Research and Strategic Development Mikhail Demidenko, said: “The [goal] is primarily...
Japanese Government, Central Bank Readying CBDC Legislation
30.1.2024
Japan is nearing the launch of its CBDC, the digital yen, with the government and central bank laying the legislative groundwork for a rollout. Neither the Bank of Japan (BoJ) nor the government has yet officially committed to a CBDC launch. However, the BoJ has recently sped up the development...
Digital Asset Platform Web3Intelligence Raises $4.5M Ahead of New Token Rollout
25.1.2024
The private funding round included participation from DAO MAKER, Shima Capital, and Gate.io among other investors
Circle Completes USDC Upgrade to Version 2.2
16.1.2024
Circle, the stablecoin company, has completed the upgrade of its USDC stablecoin to the 2.2 version. The update brings a slew of changes, including gas efficiency improvements, support for account abstraction and smart contract wallets, and enhancements in the resiliency of the currency when...
Russia ‘Edging Toward Mandatory CBDC Pensions’ – Economist
15.1.2024
Source: Kira/Adobe A Russian economist has claimed Moscow will eventually force the elderly to accept CBDC pension payments as part of the digital ruble rollout. Per Pro Blast, the claims were made by the writer and economist Alexander Razuvaev, who said: “Gradually, [conventional] pensions...
Proactive Reforms: Lithuania Intends to Refine Crypto Landscape Ahead of MiCA Rollout
11.1.2024
In order to manage the emerging risks before the entry into application of the European Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), Lithuania intends to reinforce its national cryptocurrency regulation. We discussed the key points and consequences with legal experts from Gofaizen & Sherle...
Why Are Ethereum ETF Approvals Facing Delays? InQubeta Raises Over $8M in Presale
10.1.2024
While crypto users had been keenly eyeing the launch of Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) throughout 2023, their rollout has been slower than what many analysts expected. While crypto users might be frustrated by the delayed launch of spot ETFs, a lot of attention has been drawn...
Russia’s Digital Ruble ‘Will Affect Banks’ Liquidity’ – Report
22.12.2023
Source: Yevgeniy Vershinin/Adobe Russia’s digital ruble will affect the commercial banking sector’s liquidity, experts have claimed as the nation prepares for a CBDC rollout. Per the media outlet Comnews, Russian financial industry experts expressed mixed feelings about the CBDC at a banking...
Russian Central Bank Tempers Talk of 2024 Digital Ruble Rollout
12.12.2023
Source: I/Adobe The Russian Central Bank is playing down talk of a 2024 rollout for its digital ruble – insisting that the coin will not be ready for nationwide use before 2025. Per Tass, the bank’s press service said that while it was ready to go ahead with an “expansion” of its existing 13-bank...
‘All Russians’ Will Be Able to Use Digital Ruble in 2024 – Moscow
11.12.2023
Source: petert2/Adobe The Russian government wants to fast-track the launch of the digital ruble – and now claims that all citizens will be able to use the CBDC in 2024. The Central Bank has previously claimed that Russians may have to wait until 2027 for a full nationwide rollout. But in recent...
Chinese Police Warn of Rise in CBDC-themed Money Laundering Schemes
22.11.2023
Source: EduardSkorov/Adobe Chinese police say there has been an increase in CBDC-themed money laundering schemes as the digital yuan rollout continues. Per the Dushichen Newspaper Agency (va JSChina), officers in Suining, Sichuan Province, stepped in to thwart a scammer. Detectives explained that...
Wallet crypto bot rolls out on Telegram in Colombia, SA and Kenya
10.11.2023
The third-party crypto bot Wallet is debuting global rollout on the Telegram messenger in several countries in Latin America and Africa
Privacy Technology Firm Nym Plans Early 2024 Rollout of 'Decentralized VPN'
2.11.2023
The privacy-focused infrastructure project says that the new NymVPN will disperse traffic across a network of nodes rather than running data through single servers as centralized VPNs do
L2 Scaling Solution Polygon Rolls Out POL Smart Contract on Ethereum Mainnet
26.10.2023
Polygon Labs, makers of the Polygon network, has announced the rollout of its much anticipated POL smart contract token on the Ethereum mainnet. The Polygon team shared this exciting development on X (formerly Twitter), explaining that the new token upgrade is intended to replace the age-old MATIC...
Decoding Atomicals: Unpacking the Newest Addition to Bitcoin’s Tech Suite
24.9.2023
Following the introduction of Ordinal inscriptions, BRC20 tokens, and Stamps on the Bitcoin blockchain, the community has seen the debut of a new digital object technology named Atomicals. Meet Atomicals: The Latest Data-Embedding Technology on the Bitcoin Blockchain Since the close of 2022...
Worldcoin Officially Launches, Announces Orb Rollout Expansion in More Than 35 Cities
25.7.2023
Worldcoin, the decentralized biometric ID protocol, has officially launched, allowing users to reserve their share of WLD, the incentives-driven token of the protocol, that will be granted when confirming one’s identity using a biometric device called the “Orb.” In addition...
Web3 AI-Intelligence Platform yPredict’s Product Rollout Going From Strength to Strength as $YPRED Presale Surges Towards $3 Million
10.7.2023
Monday 10 July - Industry-leading AI-powered web3 market intelligence platform yPredict’s product rollout is going from strength to strength.
yPredict recently launched the platform’s first AI-powered tool, its Backlink Estimator.
The free preview of the tool was a remarkable success, receiving...
Brazil’s Central Bank Uploads CBDC Files to GitHub – Digital BRL Rollout Imminent?
6.7.2023
The Brazilian Central Bank has uploaded a large collection of central bank digital currency (CBDC)-related documents to GitHub – as the nation edges closer to a digital real rollout.
The collection of documents was uploaded to the bank’s GitHub page on June 3, but a number of files were also...
Brazil Central Bank Unveils CBDC, Tokenization ‘Events’ – Digital Real Rollout Imminent?
14.6.2023
Brazil’s Central Bank, the Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), has unveiled a “roadmap” of events ahead of the nation’s CBDC rollout.
In an official BCB release, the bank stated that it would also begin assessing the possibility of enabling the launch of tokenized assets.
The BCB unveiled a list...