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Swiss Bankers Association Considers Joint Deposit Token

The Swiss Bankers Association released a white paper suggesting the digitalisation of the Swiss financial system requires a Swiss franc joint deposit token

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Arbitrum to Airdrop New Token and Transition to DAO

Arbitrum, the largest player in the scalable Ethereum layer 2 landscape, receives a token.

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Binance.US Delists Tokens Helium

Binance.US, the American division of the cryptocurrency exchange of the same name, has decided to exclude the Helium (HNT) and JasmyCoin (JASMYY) tokens from its platform.

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NatWest Sets Daily Crypto Purchase Limits

NatWest has become the latest British bank to decide on restrictions for customers buying cryptocurrency.

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Hackers Steal Around $200 Million From Crypto Lender Euler Finance

On Monday, March 13, the blockchain monitoring company PeckShield published a message on Twitter addressed to the crypto-lending platform Euler Finance, calling for attention to a series of suspicious financial transactions.

Finance & Economics

Circle Finds New Banking Partner After SVB Failure

The stablecoin issuer Circle, affected by the recent closures of crypto-friendly SVB and Signature Bank, has found a new banking partner recognised for its services to Visa and Coinbase

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Meta Winds Down NFT Service

Meta is terminating its short-lived NFT support service across its social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram

Finance & Economics

Australian Taxation Office Implements Crypto Monitoring

The Australian Taxation Office is taking measures to monitor crypto transactions and ensure tax law compliance when it comes to digital assets with the help of a new data-matching tool

Events

Consensus 2023 by Coindesk — 26-28 April, 2023

Join Pay Space Magazine at Consensus 2023, Wednesday April 26 through Friday April 28.

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Binance to Convert Recovery Funds From BUSD to ‘Native Crypto’

Reacting to the sudden collapse of the most crypto-friendly US banks, Binance CEO and co-founder Changpeng (CZ) Zhao reconsidered the firm’s recovery funds, aiming to change them into native crypto

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Nissan Tries New Sales Avenues With Four Web3 Trademarks

Nissan enhanced its Web3 efforts with four new related trademarks filed in the US, while its Japan unit is currently experimenting with auto sales in the metaverse

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South Korea Launches Metaverse Fund

The Ministry of Science and ICT of South Korea established an investment fund to support the growth of metaverse initiatives in the country

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Biden Budget Proposes Crypto Mining Tax

A budget proposal by U.S. President Joe Biden aims to “reduce mining activity” with a 30% tax on electricity costs linked to the cryptocurrency mining process

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Xeni and BitPay to Enable Crypto Payments in Travel

Through the partnership with Bitcoin payments company Bitpay, Xeni enables its customers to accept crypto payments for commercial flights, hotels, car rentals, and other travel activities

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Swift to Develop CBDC Connector

After sandbox testing, Swift is preparing to develop a beta version of the new way to connect central bank digital currencies (CBDC) with existing fiat infrastructures

Fintech & Ecommerce

WeChat Adds CBDC to Payment Platform

China’s major social networking and payment app WeChat has followed Alipay in adding support for payments using the digital yuan – the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC)

Blockchain & Crypto