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Binance's Largest Market is China: WSJ
2.8.2023
China is Binance’s largest market, amounting to 20% of worldwide volume
Iran Increases Efforts to Join BRICS, Strengthen Ties With Member Countries
1.8.2023
Iran has ramped up its efforts to become a member of the BRICS group ahead of the economic bloc’s summit. The Iranian deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy revealed that Iran is actively pursuing opportunities to strengthen its economic ties with BRICS members, noting that it...
US-China Power Struggle Extends to Crypto Battlefield: China Surges Ahead
31.7.2023
The United States and China are competing on both economic and technological fronts – and part of their rivalry includes a race to adopt crypto.
Though the eastern superpower has announced multiple bans on crypto mining and trading over the past decade, President Xi Jinping argued in 2021 that...
Chinese city implements plan for blockchain digital infrastructure system by 2025
31.7.2023
The government of Shanghai has implemented its strategic plan for the development of its urban blockchain digital infrastructure system between the years 2023-2025
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki: ‘We Need a New Financial Architecture Not Controlled by the Dollar or the Euro’
31.7.2023
Isaias Afwerki, president of Eritrea, reinforced the need for building a new economic system away from the traditional centers of power. At the second Russia-Africa Summit, Afwerki told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the current world order, on top of dollar hegemony, was printing money...
Latam Insights — Argentina to Complete IMF Payment With Chinese Yuan, Bolivia Also Using China’s Currency for International Settlements
31.7.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue, Argentina is likely to settle part of a payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) using the Chinese yuan, Bolivia is already making payments using...
China Faces Opposition to Rapid BRICS Expansion From India and Brazil, Report
29.7.2023
BRICS member states India and Brazil stand in the way of China’s bid to quickly expand the bloc, unveiled a media report. The two nations have different reasons to have reservations about Beijing’s plan to soon increase the organization’s geopolitical influence while they both seem to want to slow...
Deeper Ties With BRICS Should Not Jeopardize Relations With the West — South African Business Association Leader
26.7.2023
South Africa’s economic well-being is dependent on trade relations with the West, and therefore attempts to bolster relationships with BRICS must not be at the expense of ties to the West, the leader of a South African business association has said. The leader also singled out the African...
U.S. Senate wants companies to report investments in Chinese technologies
26.7.2023
The Senate showed overwhelming support that would require U.S. companies to report any outbound investments into Chinese technologies
Shaoxing, China, Launches Asian Games-themed Digital Yuan Giveaway – CBDC Showcase Planned
26.7.2023
The Chinese city of Shaoxing is planning an Asian Games-themed digital yuan giveaway, as the nation prepares for a major central bank digital currency (CBDC) showcase.
China News Network (via East Money) reported that Shaoxing will issue residents with around $5.6 million worth of digital yuan...
Chinese Bank Launches CBDC Bulk Commodity Clearing Service – Digital Yuan Adoption Accelerates?
26.7.2023
Banks in China are looking to adopt the digital yuan in more of their operations, and have launched the nation’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC)-powered settlement service for bulk commodity spot clearing.
Per JRJ, Industrial Bank, a Fuzhou-based joint-stock commercial bank,...
Economist Analyzes Challenges of BRICS Currency Competing With US Dollar
26.7.2023
An economist has shared her analysis of how a common BRICS currency could compete with the U.S. dollar. “You need foreign exchange reserves and you need the trust of the investment community,” she explained, noting that the only country in the BRICS economic bloc to carry such a reserve...
China’s blockchain satellite in space, Hong Kong’s McNuggets Metaverse: Asia Express
25.7.2023
China launches world’s first blockchain satellite into space, meanwhile, McDonalds Hong Kong brings McNuggets into the Metaverse
Economist Jim Rickards States BRICS Currency Will Leverage Gold to ‘Destroy the Dollar’
25.7.2023
Jim Rickards, economist and best-selling author, has explained the possible repercussions of issuing a BRICS bloc currency for the dollar. For Rickards, the “bric” (the name he gives to the BRICS currency) will be anchored (but not redeemable or backed) to a weight of gold and will...
Top Lawmaker Suggests China and Russia’s CBDCs Are ‘Compatible’
25.7.2023
A leading Russian lawmaker says China and Russia’s CBDCs may be “compatible” and could be used to make international payments between the nations.
Per RBC, the comments were made by Anatoly Aksakov, a member of the State Duma from Chuvashia’s Kanash constituency and the Chairman of the State Duma...
Today in Crypto: WeChat & Alipay Enable Foreigners to Pay at Chinese Retailers, ETH 699,816 Paid as Royalties to NFT Projects on Ethereum, Hana Bank & Woori Bank 'Interested in Certificate of Deposit' Tokens
24.7.2023
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Bitcoin Drops to $29K as WSJ Ratchets Up Binance Issues, China Warns of Tortuous Recovery
24.7.2023
Regulatory uncertainty surrounding Binance, the largest crypto exchange, tends to weigh on crypto prices
Former UN Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani: ‘The American Century Is Over’
24.7.2023
Kishore Mahbubani, the former president of the United Nations Security Council, stated China will dominate this century. Mahbubani declared that the so-called “containment policy” against China would fail, leaving the U.S. isolated from other nations due to its military approach to...
Next Year’s BRICS Summit to Gather More Than 5 Leaders, Russian Diplomat Predicts
24.7.2023
Moscow expects the number of leaders participating in the 2024 BRICS summit to be greater than five, according to a high-ranking Russian diplomat. The statement comes as the five-member organization prepares to discuss its enlargement at its meeting at the top this year, with dozens of nations...
Singapore, US With Highest Public Debt per Capita, China Most Indebted in BRICS: Study
23.7.2023
Singapore, the United States and Japan top the global chart in terms of sovereign debt per capita, according to research based on U.N. data. The burden of government debt for every American is 10 times heavier than that for a Chinese citizen, according to the study. U.S. Ranks Second in the World...