Though in-person, physical events are back in full force this year, many organizers have embraced virtual events, attracted by their ability to reach a broader world from all parts of

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Progress on a digital USD brings CBDC standards into focus Written by: Simon Chantry, Co-Founder & CIO, Bitt

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Payments giant Mastercard is expanding its payments-focused consulting service to include cryptocurrency. It covers “a range of digital currency capabilities, from early-stage education, risk assessments, and bank-wide crypto and NFT strategy development to crypto cards and the design of crypto loyalty programs.” Mastercard’s Crypto Consulting Service Mastercard announced Tuesday the expansion of its payments-focused consulting […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes China has done exceptionally well hosting the Winter Olympics after Covid.    Considering China’s record of human rights abuse, the communists must be extremely happy that so many countries showed up to take part, that includes the Jamaican Bobsleigh team, which we should all be cheering!   For the billions […]

With impending confirmation as the country’s top banking supervisor, will Sarah Bloom Raskin implement a bitcoin bias in Federal Reserve regulation?

The International Monetary Fund has said that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) like eNaira are better options than cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoins and other altcoins. In a new statement, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva says that CBDCs are gaining momentum after moving from theoretical to practical explorations. Georgieva stated, “In order to become familiar with the bits […]

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Kenya starts exploring CBDCs and asked the broad public to express their viewpoint on the financial products so let’s read further in today’s latest cryptocurrency news. Kenya starts exploring CBDCs and said that they could positively impact the local financial system but the Central Bank even introduced a discussion paper to find out what the […]

On Friday (February 11), the Digital Euro Association (DEA) announced that it was “delighted” about a new partnership with FinTech firm Ripple. The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is “a think tank specializing in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, crypto assets, and other forms of digital money.” Its mission is “to contribute to the public […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) thinks central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could be a better bet than crypto. Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the IMF, says in a new statement that CBDCs are gaining momentum after moving from conceptual discussions to actual experimentations. “Central banks are rolling up their sleeves and familiarizing themselves with […]

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Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), a phenomenon that took over the global financial system in 2021, is now getting popular among African economies.

Recently, Wells Fargo had stated that cryptocurrencies could be hitting an “adoption inflection point,” comparing it to the internet adoption in the 1990s. In another report, examining crypto trends for 2022, Ripple has noted, “There are high expectations within institutions for wide scale adoption and impact of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and Central Bank Digital Currencies […]