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GameStop and Venezuela’s Petro Coin – Tale of Two Crypto Exits

Crypto News | Jan 15, 2024 Image by gpointstudio on FreepikGameStop has decided to shut down its NFT marketplaceAbout a year and a half...

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Week Ahead – More turmoil to come?

US A week ago, a lot of economists were thinking the Fed was going to pick up the pace of rate hikes as disinflation...

Bitcoin Rallied over the Weekend and UK Treasury is in Search for a CBDC Head

By Marcus Sotiriou, Market Analyst at the publicly listed digital asset broker GlobalBlock (TSXV:BLOK).  Bitcoin continued its comeback over the weekend, as it rallied to a high...

Experts look forward to the new year in fintech

While crypto’s chaos may have stolen the limelight for the better half of the year, fintech has also had a rocky 2022. Hit...

Blockchain Technology Not Ideal For CBDCs, SWISS Central Bank Economist Argues

U.S. Struggles To Keep Up As China Further Develops Its CBDC
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have little structural benefits to draw from decentralized features of blockchain technology, according to the chief economist at Swiss National Bank Carlos Lenz. Lenz said that blockchain happens to be very inefficient, which nullifies decentralization in CBDCs as an ideal solution. Apart from blockchain technology, he said that there are […]

Bank of England Deputy Governor Says UK May Have to Issue a Digital Currency

The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England said that the possible surge of non-bank actors issuing currency in digital form is an important newscaster.

Bank of England deputy governor says stablecoins are a shift away from ‘public money’

Bank of England deputy governor Jon Cunliffe spoke about the growth of stablecoins and digital money in the UK during a speech yesterday at the OMFIF Digital Money Institute, London.

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Stablecoin News for the week ending Wednesday 21st April.

Something old – something new? Here is our pick of the 3 most important Stablecoin news stories during the week. This week we saw advances with...

Trust | Want | Need

March Market OutlookThe Blockchain.com general crypto investment thesis, first published in slide format almost two years ago, highlighted three important elements of crypto adoption:Trust:...

Money Reimagined: The US’ Kodak Moment

In the lore of digital disruption, Eastman Kodak Co.’s downfall looms large.Kodak was once one of the world’s most powerful companies. But it...

World Gov’ts Continue Revealing Developments and Concerns on CBDC

The anticipation was great when Jerome Powell, the Chair of the United States Federal Reserve, finally addressed the government’s position on digital currency...

Sky Guo, Co-Founder at Cypherium, will be Representing Blockchain Sector at 75th United Nations General Assembly

Sky Guo, a founding member of OMFIF, an independent forum for central banking, economic policy and public investment, has reportedly been invited by...

Thailand’s Central Bank Eyes DeFi Use Cases for Its Digital Baht

Thailand’s central bank is looking at smart contracts and decentralized finance (DeFi) implementations for its national digital currency, the digital baht.Vijak Sethaput, senior...

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