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China’s Digital Yuan Completed 20K+ Transactions in Successful Weekend Trial

December 14, 2020

Residents of China sent 20,000 transactions through e-commerce platform, JD.com within the first 24 hours of a trial of the country’s digital yuan in the city of Suzhou, according to the Global Times. CNBC r...

Bank Of France’s Deputy Governor Discusses CBDC Progress

December 13, 2020

Bank of France's deputy governor discusses CBDC progress. Bank of France Deputy Governor Denis Beau, speaking Thursday at the Paris Blockchain Summit, discussed the progress being made with the central bank d...

Bitcoin Rising To Displace US Dollar As World’s Reserve Currency Says Morgan Stanley Strategist

December 13, 2020

Bitcoin rising to displace US dollar as world's reserve currency says Morgan Stanley strategist. Morgan Stanley Investment Management's Chief Global Strategic Officer and Chief Emerging Markets Officer, Ruchi...

Utopia Genesis Foundation Partners With Stokr

December 13, 2020

Utopia Genesis Foundation partners with Stokr. Music-focused blockchain protocol has partnered with digital securities issuance platform Stokr. Based on a press release from Utopia Genesis, the organisation h...

Origin Dollar Compensation Demonstrates Growing Maturation Of DeFi Space

December 13, 2020

Origin Dollar compensation demonstrates growing maturation of DeFi space. On Friday, decentralized finance (DeFi) stablecoin project called Origin Finance, announced a plan to compensate users that were affec...

Mastercard Cuts Ties With Pornhub

December 12, 2020

Mastercard cuts ties with Pornhub. Global payment companies Mastercard revealed on 10 December 2020 its formal decision to prohibit their customers from using credit and debit cards to buy one of the largest ...

DeFi Game Aavegotchi Preps For Jan. 4 Mainnet Debut With NFT Auctions

December 12, 2020

DeFi game Aavegotchi preps for Jan 4 main net debut with NFT auctions. A retro, Tamagotchi-inspired game that came to life at the end of DeFi Summer will be released in full on Jan. 4. Initially financed by t...

MicroStrategy Raise $650 Million In Bond Sale To Fund Next Bitcoin Purchase

December 12, 2020

MicroStrategy raise $650 million in bond sale to fund next bitcoin purchase. On Friday, MicroStrategy (MSTR), announced that it raised $650 million worth of convertible bonds to fund more Bitcoin (BTC) purch...

Goldman Sachs To Sign On To JPM Coin For Repo Trades

December 11, 2020

Goldman Sachs to sign on to JPM coin for repo trades. Goldman Sachs is allegedly one of several financial institutions to sign on to JPMorgan’s custom blockchain service — a sign that more broker-dealers were...

IBM Announces Blockchain Powered Wine Supply Chain Tracing System

December 11, 2020

IBM announces blockchain-powered wine supply chain tracing system. The IBM blockchain-powered platform now provides a way for people to track wine from its vineyard roots all the way to your local store shelf...