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Kazakhstan to Integrate its CBDC on BNB Chain, CZ Confirms

Changpeng Zhao – CEO of Binance – revealed that the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan will integrate its central bank digital currency (CBDC) into BNB Chain. The firm has strengthened its presence in the Central Asian country lately. The local regulator AIFC Financial Services Authority (AFSA) allowed it to operate a digital asset platform and provide custodial services to Kazakhstani consumers. The NBK Picked BNB Chain Zhao disclosed that Binance’s team has...

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New UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: Crypto Believer or CBDC Backer?

Rishi Sunak is all set to take over the role of the prime minister of the United Kingdom in a few days. Amidst dire economic headwinds, Sunak was voted into office after Liz Truss, who only served a record-breaking 45 days, announced her resignation as a result of a maelstrom of criticism over her failed fiscal policies. Sunak, for one, is a proponent of the crypto industry and had previously championed regulation. UK Crypto Regulation During his stint as the Finance...

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Japan Credit Bureau to Test CBDC for Payment Settlement

Asides from creating its digital currency, JCB has been making forays into the world of blockchain, crypto, and Web3.Ahead of Japan’s issuance of CBDC, Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) has launched its digital currency. JCB is projecting that asking older citizens and young children to use a new payment infrastructure may limit the adoption of CBDCs in the future. As such, the firm is looking to test CBDC acceptance with its existing payment infrastructure vis, contactless payment system, merchants,...

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Eine asiatische Währung als Alternative zum US-Dollar?

China ist nach eigenen Angaben kurz davor, eine eigene Kryptowährung herauszugeben. Eine Einführung stehe "kurz bevor", sagte der Vizedirektor für den Zahlungsverkehr der chinesischen Notenbank auf einer Konferenz. Foto: Zentrale der PBC in Peking, CC 4.0 by Max12Max, Wikipedia Digitaler Yuan als Stütze gegen den starken US-Dollar: Chinesische Zeitungen berichteten, dass die Regierung im Reich der Mitte eine digitale Gemeinschaftswährung mit...

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SWIFT Explores the Benefits of a Global CBDC Network

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) conducted an 8-month trial on different technologies and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). It determined that such monetary products could take part in the global financial ecosystem and assist cross-border payments. The CBDC Experiment Earlier this year, SWIFT launched a program whose purpose was to link different CBDCs systems and thus ease the difficulty in cross-border settlements. Back then,...

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BIS Proclaims Success in Multi-CBDC Cross-Border Payment Pilot Project

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on Tuesday announced that a multi-jurisdiction CBDC pilot spearheaded by BIS Innovation Hub has been successful. The project saw 164 transactions worth nearly $22 million in real-value cross-border payments through a purpose-built multi-CBDC platform – mBridge.   Apart from the central banks of Hong Kong, China, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 20 commercial banks also participated in the project, which lasted a little...

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