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Binance to Lose Euro Transfers as Paysafe Drops Support
30.6.2023
Paysafe will discontinue support for bank transfers of euros to and from Binance, the payments provider announced. The news comes when the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange finds itself under pressure from regulators and banking partners in Europe and elsewhere. Paysafe to Stop Euro Deposits...
Swiss Private Bank Julius Baer Targets Dubai for Expansion of Crypto Wealth Services
29.6.2023
Swiss private banking giant Julius Baer Group, that began offering Bitcoin and other crypto services to wealthy clients in May last year, is now expanding its crypto presence in Dubai.
Jonathan Hayes, the bank’s head of crypto development, told Bloomberg that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is...
Tokenization Is Likely to Transform Infrastructure and Financial Markets: Bank of America
29.6.2023
Implementation of blockchain technology will accelerate as the opportunity cost of uncaptured efficiencies increases, the report said
Major US banks get passing grade in ‘severe recession’ stress test
29.6.2023
America’s central bank has been stress-testing retail banks in the wake of several high-profile banking collapses earlier this year
Italy’s central bank calls for framework to prevent stablecoin runs
29.6.2023
Bank of Italy is calling for closer regulator scrutiny of stablecoins, which they say “have not proved stable at all.”
RBI lists risks of stablecoin for developing economies, calls for global regulation
29.6.2023
The Reserve Bank of India listed six specific ways stablecoin can undermine emerging markets, adding to its mounting case against crypto
Mastercard is Piloting Tokenized Bank Deposits in New UK Testbed
28.6.2023
The card giant is launching what it calls a Multi-Token Network (MTN), which will begin by testing tokenized bank deposits and move onto experiments using stablecoins and CBDCs
Microstrategy Expands Bitcoin Position With $347 Million Investment, Pushing Total Holdings to 152,333 BTC
28.6.2023
Microstrategy has purchased 12,333 more bitcoin for about $347 million, growing its cryptocurrency holdings to 152,333 btc. The Nasdaq-listed software company’s announcement came amid a series of positive developments in the crypto industry. Microstrategy Adds 12,333 Bitcoin to Its Holdings...
Bank of England's CBDC 'Britcoin' May Not Rely on Blockchain
28.6.2023
The Bank of England is still mulling over which technology will underpin its Central Bank-Backed Digital Currency (CBDC).
All other central banks are using Blockchain technology to issue their national digital currencies. However, the Bank of England has not decided on it yet.
The head of...
Swiss Central Bank to Launch Wholesale CBDC Soon Says Chairman Thomas Jordan
28.6.2023
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) said it plans to issue a wholesale central bank digital currency as a pilot via SIX Digital Exchange, a subsidiary of SIX, an operator of infrastructure for the Swiss and Spanish financial centers. SNB chairman Thomas Jordan said while the Central Bank has not ruled...
Shanghai Clearing House Introduces Support for Digital Yuan Settlements
28.6.2023
The Shanghai Clearing House, Asia’s first counterparty clearing institution, announced support for payments made with the digital yuan Monday. According to reports, the move will allow companies to settle transactions for commodities in bulk, promoting the digital yuan, the Chinese central...
State Duma Chairman of Financial Markets Committee: Russia to Exert ‘Serious’ Control Over Crypto After Legalization
28.6.2023
Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Financial Markets Committee of the State Duma, the lower chamber of the Federal Assembly in Russia, has remarked that the government intends to hold “serious” control over crypto after it is legalized. According to local reports, Aksakov also stated that...
Latin American Crypto Firm Ripio Approved to Operate in Spain as an Exchange
27.6.2023
It’s the latest in a number of licenses to crypto companies granted by the Bank of Spain
Swiss Central Bank to Launch Real-World CBDC Pilot
27.6.2023
The chairman of Swiss Central Bank,Thomas Jordan, has announced that the central bank is launching a wholesale CBDC on Switzerland's SIX digital exchange as part of a pilot.
In a conference at Zurich on Monday, the Swiss central bank chair said that the project would begin soon, Reuters...
Report: Swiss Authorities Seize $26 Million in Cryptocurrency Linked to Terraform Labs and Do Kwon
27.6.2023
Law enforcement officials in Switzerland reportedly seized approximately $26 million in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, believed to be linked to Terraform Labs and its co-founder, Do Kwon. Local media in South Korea revealed that the funds were confiscated from Sygnum, a crypto bank based...
Digital pound will be pseudonymous with a focus on privacy: BoE CBDC chief
27.6.2023
The underpinning technology for the UK CBDC could use a different ledger than the popular blockchain technology
EU Seals Deal on Crypto Bank-Capital Rules
27.6.2023
Lawmakers have previously favored ‘prohibitive’ capital requirements to keep unbacked crypto assets out of the banking system
HSBC becomes first Hong Kong bank to allow crypto ETFs
27.6.2023
Bitcoin and Ether-oriented exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been made accessible to all HSBC customers. As per a journalist, Colin Wu, this is a step toward popularizing the acceptance and use of digital assets. Incidentally, the ETFs have been duly registered with the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX)....
Australian banks claim 40% of scams 'touch' crypto as it defends restrictions
27.6.2023
During a panel at the Australian Blockchain Week, executives from Australia’s major banks explained why they added restrictions on payments to local crypto exchanges
Yuan Usage Soars in Argentina: Over 500 Companies Request to Pay for Imports in Chinese Currency, Report
27.6.2023
Over 500 companies in Argentina have reportedly requested to pay for imports using Chinese yuan as the U.S. dollar shortage worsens. “The central bank doesn’t have dollars so it needs the emergency aid China is offering,” a trade economist in Buenos Aires explained. Chinese Yuan Usage Hits Record...