Cryptocurrency

25 Oct 22 @ 18:46

Japan’s JCB has launched “JCBDC” (JCB Digital Currency) pilot project with IDEMIA and FinTech company Soft Space . JCBDC pilot will develop a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) payment solution... read more

13 Oct 22 @ 11:04

The European Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee has approved MiCA, the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation text, and sent it to the chair of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary... read more

11 Oct 22 @ 17:10

The Reserve Bank of India has said it will pilot a digital rupee for specific use cases and also released a concept note on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The... read more

10 Oct 22 @ 12:28

Over the weekend, Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange suffered a cyber hack that has culminated in a estimated loss of around $570 million and further damages the struggling digital... read more

07 Oct 22 @ 11:16

The rise of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is a global phenomenon. As of August 2022, two central banks have formally launched a CBDC: the Central Bank of the Bahamas... read more

07 Oct 22 @ 09:17

Visa has shared an updated look at how fraud has evolved since the height of the pandemic, with criminals simultaneously targeting online and offline vulnerabilities as our daily lives return... read more

06 Oct 22 @ 09:37

More than 340 million Europeans carry euro banknotes and coins around as cash and pay in euro when they shop online. One of the key ECB responsibilities, alongside its main... read more

05 Oct 22 @ 16:54

SWIFT says that it has demonstrated that Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and tokenised assets can move seamlessly on existing financial infrastructure – a major milestone towards enabling their smooth... read more

30 Sep 22 @ 09:26

A new report from leading financial research firm East & Partners in partnership with Payments Cards & mobile, claims banks are lagging far behind their clients’ expectations when it comes... read more

26 Sep 22 @ 17:17

As we know, Central Banks around the world are, for the majority, looking at running pilots or proof of concepts on CBDC. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has now... read more

22 Sep 22 @ 16:25

Crypto enthusiasts believe, the switch by the Ethereum blockchain to a new system for validating transactions — a move known as “the merge” — is an historic moment for what... read more

19 Sep 22 @ 10:55

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the list of collaborators  they will contract with to develop potential user interfaces for the digital euro. The aim of this prototyping exercise... read more