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As previously reported, El Salvador has become the first country in history to declare bitcoin legal tender. Several financial institutions – such as the World Bank – are not too happy about the situation, but while others like Bank of America admit that there is quite a bit of risk in making bitcoin legitimate money, there are also some potential benefits that may be getting ignored. Bank of America: El Salvador May Be on a Solid Track In a recent report, Bank of...

Not too long ago, El Salvador announced that it would make bitcoin legal tender. Thus, the Central American nation became the first to permit bitcoin’s full use as a currency. However, now it looks like the country’s plans have hit a snag as the World Bank is saying it will reject El Salvador’s request. The World Bank Will Not Help El Salvador To be fair, El Salvador does not necessarily need permission from the World Bank to implement bitcoin’s status as a payment...

Recently, the UK fintech startup Currencycloud ran a series E funding round. Among the participants were Sapphire Ventures, Notion Capital, Anthemis, Accomplice, and Google’s venture wing GV. All of them supported Currencycloud earlier. Besides, the startup boasted it had attracted new investors. Visa, World Bank arm International Finance Corporation, BNP Paribas, Siam Commercial Bank and former Softbank spinoff SBI Group joined the round and invested as much as $80 million.The round has...

Ripple has indicated a serious interest in planting itself in the financial and remittance market of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The giant blockchain company believes that the region is still a largely untapped mine and has its eyes firmly placed on this region for the year 2020.Ripple Has 2020 Plans for Asia-PacificIn an official Ripple publication on Thursday, the company breaks down the Asia-Pacific region, underscoring how much of a gold mine it is. Citing an article by the World...

Libra Ecosystem This is Libra, a simple global currency that people can use for their everyday needs, built on the Libra Blockchain. The evolution of the Libra Blockchain will be overseen by the Libra Association, an independent not-for-profit headquartered in Geneva. The association will be responsible for facilitating the operation of the Libra Blockchain and managing the...

Santander, one of the largest banks in the world based in Spain, has issued a blockchain bond and started using a public blockchain to manage all aspects of debt issuance.According to the Spanish banking giant, they used a token on Ethereum to represent the $20 million debt issuance and what is more, settled it with another set of ERC-20 tokens representing cash held in a custody account. As Coindesk has reported, the transaction conducted was a plain-vanilla bond with a one-year maturity,...