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Swiss National Bank And BIS Concludes Two Digital Currency Proof-Of-Concept

December 4, 2020

Swiss National Bank and BIS concludes two digital currency proof-of-concept. The Bank for International Settlements and the Swiss National Bank are exploring the benefits of implementing the digital currency ...

China Construction Bank’s Blockchain Bond Initiative Meets New Direction

December 4, 2020

China Construction Bank's blockchain bond initiative meets new direction. China Construction Bank, the world's second-largest asset bank, is working with Malaysian and Singaporean partners to test blockchain ...

UN Releases Blockchain Tool To Help Afghanistan Property Ownership Issues

December 4, 2020

UN releases blockchain tool to help Afghanistan property ownership issues. The United Nations has released a blockchain-powered solution in an effort to assist the Afghan government to manage property ownersh...

Ethereum 2.0 Staking Crosses 1 Million ETH, $600 Million in Value

December 4, 2020

Etherscan, a blockchain explorer and analytics platform for Ethereum showed that the total deposit on Ethereum 2.0 staking contract has jumped above 1 million ETH, approximately $610 million in value at the tim...

Spotify Hints Launch of Crypto Services

December 4, 2020

Major music streaming platform, Spotify is planning to jump into the cryptocurrency arena and is looking for an associated director who can handle its business in that area. Spotify is already a member of Di...

Australian Senate Opposes $10,000 ‘Cash Ban’ Bill

December 3, 2020

Australian senate opposes $10,000 'cash ban' bill. The bill proposed by Australian lawmakers to ban the use of cash for purchases of over $10,000 was destroyed by a unanimous Senate vote. One Nation Senator ...

US Lawmakers Seek To Illegalise Stablecoin Without Federal Approval

December 3, 2020

US lawmakers seek to illegalise stablecoin without federal approval. A new bill introduced to the United States Congress on Wednesday may impose a blanket regulation on all stablecoins. If passed, any service...

Messari Predict Rollups To Maintain Ethereum’s DeFi Monopoly Amid Competitors

December 3, 2020

Messari predict rollups to maintain ethereum's DeFi monopoly amid competitors. Crypto data aggregator Messari claims that roll-ups would overcome layer-one solutions in the Ethereum scale race. Although ...

Visa To Facilitate USDC Payments Thanks To Latest Collaboration

December 3, 2020

Visa to facilitate USDC payments thanks to latest collaboration. Visa has teamed up with the Circle blockchain services business to make USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin transactions compliant with some credit card...

BIS Announces Successful Testing of CBDC Project Helvetia with SNB and SIX

December 3, 2020

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), along with financial market infrastructure operator, SIX and the Swiss National Bank, announced today that the organisations have successfully completed a joint pr...