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This week in tech: Blockchain makes foray into fighting the Coronavirus – CoinGeek

The Coronavirus has become a major global disaster. While Wuhan province in China has been the most affected, the effect has been global,...

Japan lawmakers bothered over Digital Yuan-US dollar rivalry

As China’s Digital Yuan set to launch later this year, the rivalry the digital currency will provide for the US dollar is...

Japanese Foreign Minister Appeals to the U.S. to Join CBDC Research Coalition 

Japan is beginning to make moves into the digital currency space, with the country’s finance policymakers working earnestly to get a proposal ready...

Major Central Banks Will Discuss Digital Currencies In IMF Conference

The rush for Central Bank Digital Currencies, or CBDCs, can very quickly be liked to that of an arms race between countries. CBDCs...

US Federal Reserve Starts Looking Into Digital Currencies

The time’s finally here. The United States’ Federal Reserve has revealed that the group is currently studying the feasibility of issuing a US-backed...

Cambodia Preparing to Launch CBDC, Trials Already in Motion

The National Bank of Cambodia is preparing to launch a new central bank digital currency (CBDC) called Bakong. The bank had started testing...

Cambodia just months away from launching its own central bank digital currency

Cambodia’s central bank is readying to launch its blockchain-based, peer-to-peer money platform within the next few months, Phnom Penh Post reports. The system, named...

Southern Swiss City Zermatt To Accept Bitcoin for Tax Payments 

Zermatt, a municipality in the southern Valais canton of Switzerland, has officially ratified a plan to allow citizens to make their tax payments...

Indian Draft Strategy Pushes For State-Owned Crypto

It’s been a week since the Reserve Bank of India confirmed that cryptocurrencies are technically legal, though regulated companies are still banned from...

Government-Issued Digital Assets Will Be Backed by Bitcoin: Quant Analyst

An Ikigai analyst started a tweetstorm that details the birth of the petrodollar. The analyst also covered the fiscal irresponsibility of the federal government. He...

Cryptocurrency News From Japan: Jan. 20–24 in Review

This week’s headlines from Japan include several central banks collaborating on digital currency research, Binance removing the Japanese yen from its platform, Japan’s...

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