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Hong Kong takes first step towards central bank digital currency

IFM CorrespondentOctober 6, 2021

by IFM CorrespondentOctober 6, 2021

Hong Kong’s central bank has published a technical whitepaper for a potential retail digital currency...

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Bank of England names reps from Asos, PayPal and Spotify in CBDC forum

IFM CorrespondentSeptember 30, 2021

by IFM CorrespondentSeptember 30, 2021

The BoE forum will explore the practicalities of designing, rolling out and operating a CBDC...

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Bitcoin’s value will be more than $500,000 in five years

IFM CorrespondentSeptember 16, 2021

by IFM CorrespondentSeptember 16, 2021

Despite its volatile nature, experts are predicting a bright future for the crypto...

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Bitcoin is officially a legal tender in El Salvador

WebAdminSeptember 7, 2021

by WebAdminSeptember 7, 2021

The country recently bought its first 400 bitcoins in two tranches of 200...

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Central Bank of Nigeria caps transfer limit for e-Naira at N50,000

WebAdminSeptember 1, 2021

by WebAdminSeptember 1, 2021

According to the central bank, e-Naira will be officially unveiled later this year...

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Bank of Thailand to begin testing CBDC in Q2 2022

WebAdminAugust 20, 2021

by WebAdminAugust 20, 2021

The central bank awarded a contract for a CBDC prototype to central bank service provider G+D...

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Amazon denies reports of accepting crypto payments

WebAdminJuly 29, 2021

by WebAdminJuly 29, 2021

The e-commerce giant is however focused on looking into developments in crypto...

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Ether overtakes bitcoin as the most exchanged crypto

WebAdminJuly 7, 2021

by WebAdminJuly 7, 2021

Ether surpassed bitcoin for the first time in daily active addresses last week...

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China completes its first on-chain wage payouts using digital yuan

WebAdminJune 15, 2021

by WebAdminJune 15, 2021

The blockchain-based digital yuan is now live in China’s Xiong’an New Area...

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Bitcoin to become legal tender in El Salvador?

WebAdminJune 9, 2021

by WebAdminJune 9, 2021

The proposed legislation for making bitcoin a legal tender has been drafted and soon it will be presented to the country’s Congress...

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Hong Kong takes first step towards central bank digital currency

Bank of England names reps from Asos, PayPal and Spotify in CBDC forum

Bitcoin’s value will be more than $500,000 in five years

Bitcoin is officially a legal tender in El Salvador

Central Bank of Nigeria caps transfer limit for e-Naira at N50,000

Bank of Thailand to begin testing CBDC in Q2 2022

Amazon denies reports of accepting crypto payments

Ether overtakes bitcoin as the most exchanged crypto

China completes its first on-chain wage payouts using digital yuan

Bitcoin to become legal tender in El Salvador?

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