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Facebook Gets Legal Threat for Renaming Libra to Diem

December 8, 2020

Facebook’s aim to launch a digital currency is looking at another roadblock as UK fintech Diem is considering to take the social media giant and its crypto partners to court over the recent rebranding of the ...

HKMA, PBoC Initiate Talks for Digital Yuan Testing in Hong Kong

December 7, 2020

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has initiated talks with the People’s Bank of China’s Digital Currency Institute to test digital yuan in the autonomous administrative region, HKMA CEO, Eddie Yue revealed....

JD.com Is China’s First Online Mall To Pilot Digital Yuan

December 5, 2020

JD.com is China's first online mall to pilot digital yuan. China's second-largest online retailer, JD.com, will become the country's first virtual mall to use digital yuan, a cryptocurrency backed by the cent...

China’s Central Bank Pilots Digital Yuan For Payments To Hong Kong

December 5, 2020

China's central bank pilots digital yuan for payments to Hong Kong.China's central bank and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) are in the early stages of piloting the digital yuan for cross-border paymen...

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...

Russia Says No to Private Stablecoins Pegged with Ruble

December 2, 2020

Sergey Shvetsov, the first deputy governor at the central bank of the Russian federation said no to the ruble-pegged private stablecoins. Another official, Olga Skorobogatova who is currently serving as the f...

Blockchain Services To Be Available To Freelancers Thanks To Russia’s Alfa Bank

December 1, 2020

Blockchain services to be available to freelancers thanks to Russia's Alfa Bank. Alfa-Bank, one of Russia's largest private commercial banks, is exploring blockchain technology in its freelancer services. Ac...

LeoVegas First To Allow Open Banking

November 30, 2020

LeoVegas first to allow open banking. LeoVegas will be the first in the gaming industry to allow open banking transactions under PSD2 through the proprietary technology platform of the company. This...

Pizza Hut Stores In Venezuela Now Accept Bitcoin As Payment

November 30, 2020

Pizza Hut stores in Venezuela now accept Bitcoin as payment. In a Nov. 27 tweet from crypto services firm CryptoBuyer, the firm announced that Pizza Hut stores in the South American nation now accept crypto a...

Polish City Is First To Use Ethereum Blockchain For Emergency Services

November 28, 2020

Polish city is first to use Ethereum blockchain for emergency services. Olsztyn, Poland is allegedly the first city in the world to leverage on Ethereum’s blockchain to assist in the provision of emergency se...