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The Crypto of Future with Jack Jia

Jack Jia has been in the tech avant garde for over a decade. With rationality always in mind (based on a very sensible and rich resume), Jia’s qualities and insights make him the perfect person to ask about crypto and its future. His near-immediate decision to get into crypto after discovering Bitcoin was a perfectly […]

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Visa Designed CBDC-Based Finance Platform for Farmers

Identifying new use cases for Brazil’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), Visa created a programmable finance platform for SMEs, particularly farmers, using tokenized farm contracts to access global capital markets

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Estonia Shuts Down Hundreds Local Crypto Firms Under New Legislation

About 400 virtual asset service providers have either lost their licences or voluntarily shut down in Estonia after the government enhanced TFP and AML laws with stricter rules for the crypto industry players

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Sam Bankman-Fried Wants His Case Thrown Out of Court

The lawyers of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried last Monday, May 8, filed petitions to dismiss the charges brought against him by the US government, of involvement in fraud.

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Zimbabwe Unveils Gold-Backed CBDC

Zimbabwe has presented a digital currency that is backed by gold.

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Kenya Proposes Crypto Transfer Tax

The Kenyan national budget, which will be presented on June 8, proposes a 3% tax on the transfer of digital crypto assets

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Brazil Pilots CBDC in Stores

Central Bank of Brazil is ready to start trials of its proposed CBDC across various use cases including in-store and offline NFC payments

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Bitdeer and Bhutan Investment Arm Launch Sustainable Digital Asset Mining

The upcoming carbon-free digital asset mining operations in Bhutan complement Bitdeer’s international expansion, with existing data centers in Northern Europe and North America

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Coinbase Gives Up On Bitcoin-Backed Loans

Coinbase stopped issuing new Bitcoin-backed loans through its Borrow service, which allowed users to borrow up to $1 million with no credit check The crypto exchange Coinbase informed its customers that starting May 10, 2023, the company terminates its Coinbase Borrow service which allowed US users to receive fiat loans with crypto collateral. The lending feature […]

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Coinbase Debuts Offshore Exchange

Coinbase announced the launch of an international cryptocurrency exchange.

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Blur Introduces NFT Financing Loans

Blend which stands for Blur Lending is a new peer-to-peer lending option enabling collectors to buy blue-chip NFTs on the Blur NFT marketplace with a smaller upfront payment

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Sotheby’s Metaverse Launches P2P Secondary NFT Marketplace

The Web3 arm of the famous auction house Sotheby’s has introduced another platform for trading digital art in the form of NFT

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Nigerian SEC Considers Tokenized Assets Not Crypto

Preparing new industry regulations for digital asset platforms, Nigeria doesn’t plan to include cryptocurrencies According to Bloomberg, the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering allowing licensed digital exchanges to list tokens backed by certain assets. However, the regulator clarified it didn’t concern cryptocurrencies. Despite the previous reports that the government of Nigeria is preparing to […]

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How Blockchain in Supply Chain Management Can improve Business Efficiency and Transparency

Blockchain is the latest buzzword in the technological world, with its powerful role in transforming various industries. One of the industries where this latest technology has left a revolutionary impact is supply chain management.

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Mastercard Crypto Credential to Boost Trust in Blockchain

The first use case trial of the Mastercard Crypto Credential solution will enable blockchain transfers between U.S. and LAC

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Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature: Big Picture in Small Details (Part 3/3)

A New York City sewer wave recently swept the crypto industry, and it’s no secret that the flood began beneath 33 Liberty Street. But now the foul odor has spread well beyond the financial district, revealing mismanagement and incompetence which riddles the US government and traditional finance (TradFi) banks, at least where the economy is […]

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