03 Nov 22 @ 18:05

The European Union is set to be the first major jurisdiction in the world to agree how to regulate the digital asset sector, via its Markets in Crypto Assets regulation... read more

26 Oct 22 @ 18:53

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says the six-week Project mBridge pilot to evaluate whether CBDC would be useful for foreign exchange transfers has successfully processed 160 payments worth around... 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

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

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

14 Sep 22 @ 12:06

It has been a conflicting week in the M&A market and the broader FinTech investment scene. UK FinTech investment fell to $9.6 billion in H1 2022, down from $27.8 billion... read more

23 Aug 22 @ 14:23

A new study has found the global number of NFT (Non-fungible Token) transactions will rise from 24 million in 2022 to 40 million by 2027. This is based on a... read more

22 Aug 22 @ 13:53

2022 has been a tumultuous year for cryptocurrency markets, with significant price declines across all currencies in May and June. While there’s no telling if we’ve reached the bottom, as... read more

09 Aug 22 @ 10:29

The US has imposed sanctions on Tornado Cash, a crypto “mixing service” that they say has laundered more than $7 billion over the past three years and helped North Korean... read more

03 Aug 22 @ 14:59

A new white paper from Ondato argues the massive changes we’re seeing in the way people pay need to be matched by changes in the way we authenticate, onboard and verify... read more

31 May 22 @ 15:20

Mark Zuckerberg just can’t leave it alone! The social media company, despite many best efforts to launch a payments platform, has now submitted trademark applications for a digital assets trading... read more

27 May 22 @ 16:36

Most crypto owners would prefer to interact with digital assets through their banks and other traditional financial institutions, according to Navigating Crypto: How Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries Can Integrate... read more

26 May 22 @ 16:07

Wall Street and its bankers have come out all guns blazing in an argument with the Federal Reserve saying that launching its own digital dollar could crack the foundations of... read more

25 May 22 @ 10:22

As blockchain-enabled systems and crypto (mainly) flourish, pundits claim there’s a non-bank future before us with lower fees, faster transactions and instant exchanges of value from person to person. Payments... read more

23 May 22 @ 16:34

The Bank Policy Institute has responded to a Federal Reserve discussion paper evaluating the costs and benefits of a central bank digital currency. The response supports the Fed’s position that... read more

19 May 22 @ 12:55

The cryptocurrency and assets market has grown significantly and is now worth £1.6 trillion globally. In the UK, over 2.3 million consumers now hold some form of cryptoasset. With such... read more

12 May 22 @ 16:32

Yesterday there were amazing report about a man, who had never flown an airplane managing to successfully land the plane as the pilot had passed out…he had plenty of support... read more

09 May 22 @ 12:52

Nine out of 10 central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more than half are now developing them or running concrete experiments. In particular, work on retail... read more