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Indian Parliament Committee Discusses Crypto Regulation With Industry Experts
15.11.2021
India’s parliamentary committee on finance has held a meeting with representatives from the crypto industry and other stakeholders on cryptocurrency and its oversight. “There was an understanding that cryptocurrency can’t be stopped but it must be regulated”...
Zanzibar Government Keen to Get Stakeholders’ View on Cryptocurrencies
15.11.2021
Zanzibar is keen on getting stakeholders’ views on the viability of adopting digital currencies before a final decision is made, a government minister has said. The Importance of Getting the Views of Stakeholders In his remarks during an interview with The Citizen, Mudrick Soraga, who is...
Nigerian Central Bank Intensifying Fight Against Cryptocurrency Traders
10.11.2021
Just a few days after launching the e-naira digital currency, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is now reportedly ramping up the pressure against cryptocurrency traders. Bank Employees Warned In a memo to its staff seen by Bitcoin.com News, one of Nigeria’s leading banks, FCMB, warns...
India Plans to ‘Fast Track’ New Cryptocurrency Bill, Seeks to Take ‘Middle Path’ to Regulate Crypto: Report
9.11.2021
The Indian government is reportedly trying to “fast track” a modified cryptocurrency bill to be introduced in the winter session of parliament. India’s crypto legislation is expected to take a “middle path” approach to balance all stakeholders’ concerns....
Coinbase Publishes Proposal for Crypto Regulation Pushing 4 Core Recommendations
18.10.2021
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has published its proposal for crypto regulation after “more than 75 meetings with stakeholders in government, industry, and academia,” CEO Brian Armstrong revealed. In its Digital Asset Policy Proposal, the company recommends “four core pillars...
Central Bank of Turkey Expands Research, Prepares to Test Digital Lira on New Platform
16.9.2021
The Turkish central bank has established a new platform together with technology stakeholders to further the development of a digitalized version of the national fiat currency. The new collaboration will allow Turkey to focus on expanding research and conducting tests of the prospective digital...
Bank of Ghana Selects German Technology Firm as Partner for CBDC Project
13.8.2021
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) says it has signed an agreement with Giesecke Devrient (GD) to implement a pilot central bank digital currency (CBDC) project. This pilot CBDC, which is a precursor to the e-cedi digital currency, is set to be tested with banks, payment service providers, merchants...
Leader of Nigerian Crypto Stakeholders’ Body Welcomes the E-Naira — Says It ‘Comes With No Magic Wand’
1.8.2021
Nigeria’s proposed digital currency, the e-naira, is likely to be a welcome boost to ongoing efforts to reduce the number of Nigerians that are financially excluded, a leader of a stakeholders’ body has said. However, according to Senator Ihenyen, the president of Stakeholders...
India’s Finance Minister Says Crypto Bill Ready for Cabinet
6.7.2021
India’s finance minister has provided a status update on the country’s cryptocurrency bill that the government has been working on. “We have done a lot of work on it. We have taken stakeholders’ inputs,” she was quoted as saying. Status of Indian Crypto Bill Indian...
Arsht Center Comes With NFTs to Attract Stakeholders
17.6.2021
To boost the adoption of NFTs, Arsht Center has collaborated with the New World School of Arts. This association will bring together three graduates from the Arts School who will create NFTs for the Lasting Impressions event, which will complete its run at the center this week. The three graduates...
The TCOIN Token to Chart a New Course in the Tourism Industry
19.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Blockchain-backed ecosystem, the Travel Coin Project, set to challenge the status quo by leveraging the ever-growing technology. The Travel Coin project is looking like a gamechanger in the tourism industry as the blockchain-backed solution is looking to bring freedom to different...
Bank of England and HM Treasury Launch a Central Bank Digital Currency Taskforce
19.4.2021
Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Bank of England have revealed the establishment of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) taskforce. According to the announcement, the group’s purpose aims to explore a potential UK CBDC. UK Entities Invoke a CBDC Taskforce to Explore a Central...
Forthcoming Parachains Represent the Last Piece Needed to Complete the Polkadot Puzzle
16.3.2021
As the Polkadot project enters the final phase of a strategic rollout that’s been orchestrated over the last year, prominent stakeholders Moonbeam, Acala and Centrifuge shed a light on the future of the ecosystem and how the blockchain’s infrastructure will deliver its advantages...
Private Blockchain Project Funding Accelerates as Companies Race to Address New Needs
9.3.2021
Blockchain operations are increasingly embracing more traditional financing from big-name venture funds to leverage these strategic stakeholders’ benefits instead of crowdfunding avenues popularized during the last blockchain hype wave. Funding Roundup: Concordium, StakeWise, and Automata...
Nigeria Crypto Ban: Stakeholder Body, Politicians Assail Central Bank’s Directive to Financial Institutions
16.2.2021
A body representing cryptocurrency and blockchain stakeholders in Nigeria has joined other crypto industry players in assailing the recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive to banks. The CBN order, which seeks snuff out crypto entities from the banking system, took effect on February 5, 2020....
Launchpool Plans to Launch an Egalitarian Model for All Stakeholders
10.2.2021
Launchpool : noun – A group of crypto industry participants who pool together resources to launch projects. The concept behind the project is to bring investors together, aligning all for the benefit of everyone and the project. Each investor is put on the same footing and given the same...
DeFi Yield Farming Is Driving Adoption, but Stakeholders Urge Caution
27.7.2020
Industry observers say unchecked yield chasing may have negative consequences on the fledgling DeFi market
Chinese Stakeholders Don’t Want to Share Their Personal Data With Government Run Blockchains
10.6.2020
Chinese local governments hit a bump in the road with implementing blockchain applications because stakeholders don’t want to share their data
Stakeholders Join Former CFTC Royalty on New Board Promoting a Digital Dollar
26.3.2020
Digital Dollar Project adds 22 experts to new advisory board to join former CFTC leaders in promoting the dollar’s digitization
Hive Continues Independence Push as Steem Stakeholders Migrate to New Chain
25.3.2020
Former top Steem block producers and DApps are now migrating to Hive as the ex-Steem community continues its battle with Justin Sun