09-20-2024
Steve Kaaru
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Article by Steve Kaaru
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19 July, 2024
Taiwan introduces its first AI draft bill
The bill primarily steers away from specific stipulations, focusing on promoting safety, accountability, risk mitigation and data protection.
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19 July, 2024
Tokenized deposits unlock payment efficiency, reduce settlement risk: Visa
Visa partnered with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank in 2023 on a pilot that combined the e-HKD and tokenized deposits...
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19 July, 2024
Turning developers’ visions into reality: Brett Banfe discusses the BSV DevCon 2024
The BSV DevCon saw some of the industry's most acclaimed developers discuss their products, services, tools and roadmaps, Brett Banfe...
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19 July, 2024
South Korea’s ruling party wants to postpone 20% digital asset tax to 2028
Initially scheduled for 2021, the disputed 20% tax on annual digital currency gains could be postponed if the ruling People...
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18 July, 2024
Palau to build its first bond issuance platform on blockchain
Japanese firm Soramitsu has been tapped to build the platform, with Japan’s government offering strategy and project management to Palau,...
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18 July, 2024
Nigerians demand clear digital asset regulations
Industry leaders, startup founders and the country’s Minister of Finance have joined calls for the country’s securities regulator to issue...
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17 July, 2024
Taiwan’s TSMC projected to hit $7.25B in Q2 profits amid AI boom
Just a week after TSMC’s ADR shares on the NYSE hit $1 trillion for the first time, the company is...
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17 July, 2024
South Africa issues 63 new VASP licenses, launches probe into 30 unlicensed firms
The FSCA has now licensed 138 VASPs from an initial 383 applications, and the FATF has warned that 97% of...
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17 July, 2024
Somi Arian: Blockchain can bring that transparency that AI desperately needs
“Blockchain without AI is too rigid, and AI without blockchain is a black box that’s controlled by a few companies,”...
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17 July, 2024
Germany’s DekaBank issues digital bond in ECB’s wholesale digital euro trial
DekaBank issued the ‘crypto’ security on its SWIAT blockchain infrastructure, with the buyer—Metzler Bank—making the payment in the wholesale digital...
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16 July, 2024
Apple opens NFC tap-and-go payments tech to third parties in EU
The company had restricted its NFC features on its iPhones to Apple Pay users, but European Union regulators have broken...
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16 July, 2024
COPIED Act proposed in US to protect content creators
The COPIED Act would require AI content to come with watermarks and prohibit AI companies from using content with provenance...
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