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2020 year in review: Revolutionary use cases of blockchain in banking and finance

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23 December, 2020

2020 year in review: Revolutionary use cases of blockchain in banking and finance

Patrick Thompson takes a look at some of the revolutionary developments in banking and finance that took place in 2020...

Bank of France moves from conceptual to market CBDC trials: deputy governor

Business

Steve Kaaru

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18 December, 2020

Bank of France moves from conceptual to market CBDC trials: deputy governor

Banque du France is seeking to determine how a central bank digital currency can improve the fluidity and efficiency of...

Ella Qiang: Only Bitcoin SV has the scaling capacity for ‘serious business’

Interviews

Jon Southurst

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14 December, 2020

Ella Qiang: Only Bitcoin SV has the scaling capacity for ‘serious business’

In a PDAX webinar, Bitcoin Association’s Ella Qiang explains BSV's main advantages for both data processing and small-scale digital payments,...

Are central bank digital currencies a bad idea?

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Steve Kaaru

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11 December, 2020

Are central bank digital currencies a bad idea?

While they are being touted as the future, it’s time to rethink and reevaluate the role that CBDCs will play...

Spotify to expand its digital currency footprint with new hire

Business

Steve Kaaru

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9 December, 2020

Spotify to expand its digital currency footprint with new hire

The company is hiring a new payments head, with digital currencies, CBDCs and decentralized ledger technology among the areas of...

Swiss central bank completes CBDC trial, downplays DLT

Business

Steve Kaaru

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8 December, 2020

Swiss central bank completes CBDC trial, downplays DLT

While the trial demonstrated the feasibility of a wholesale CBDC, the bank claimed that distributed ledger technology has not yet...

Toyota’s IT arm exploring digital currencies and blockchain

Business

Steve Kaaru

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1 November, 2020

Toyota’s IT arm exploring digital currencies and blockchain

Toyota Systems has partnered with digital currency exchange DeCurret on the pilot, which will see the participation of the company’s...

G20 to lay down digital currency payments groundwork by year-end: report

Business

Steve Kaaru

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14 July, 2020

G20 to lay down digital currency payments groundwork by year-end: report

G20 nations could begin accepting digital payments this year after leaders from the powerful nations recently decided to lay the...

Business

Ed Drake

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1 February, 2020

Cambodia to launch digital currency as 11 banks sign up in support

Project Bakong will deploy blockchain-powered technology across Cambodia’s payment networks, and will feature a central bank digital currency.

Richard Ells: Africa is the perfect ground for crypto use

Interviews

CoinGeek

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27 January, 2020

Richard Ells: Africa is the perfect ground for crypto use

Electroneum founder and CEO Richard Ells sees cryptocurrency taking off in Africa because the nascent industry brings wealth to the...

nChain’s Jack Davies tackles challenges of blockchain payments at Future of Money and Digital Payments

Events

Admir Aljic

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21 October, 2019

nChain’s Jack Davies tackles challenges of blockchain payments at Future of Money and Digital Payments

nChain's Jack Davies tackles challenges of blockchain payments at Future of Money and Digital Payments

China central bank warns of ‘declining relevance’ for cash in digital payments boom

Business

Dan Taylor

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4 January, 2019

China central bank warns of ‘declining relevance’ for cash in digital payments boom

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