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It is starting to look like China is going full blockchain with plans to issue a central bank stablecoin, presumably to regain power from WeChat et al which controls the...

Central banks suddenly woke up when Facebook’s Libra become a reality.  Digital cash enthusiasts saw more headlines and more buzz on stablecoins as policy makers reacted to Libra. Central banks took [...]

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), part of the French financial regulatory system announced today, October 3rd, in a speech by the AMF Chairman at the AFME European Compliance and Legal Forum [...]

The 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) convened this week in New York and was dominated by the climate crisis with Grete Thunberg, the "16-year-old poster child" for the climate crisis moveme [...]

The last couple of days have been eventful in the Chinese National People’s Congress, as the party passed two important regulatory bills relating to blockchain and cryptography laws. In an official announcement, Xi Jinping, China’s President, claimed that the country would focus on becoming a…

Every year the world seems to be getting crazier and more people are starting to realize that it stems from oppressive government transgressions against a peaceful society. The world has noticed milli [...]

According to a senior advisor at consultancy firm McKinsey, John Straw, blockchain could make the City of London irrelevant in the near future.  He made the claim at a Computing.co.uk Live Event on O [...]

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets went into meltdown this week, with the bitcoin price suddenly falling off a cliff. The bitcoin price lost some 15% in a shock sell-off on Tuesday, dragging down the [...]

Public retail adoption of stablecoins might occur more rapidly in countries without a strong banking infrastructure.  The 2017 Global Findex database, launched with funding from the Bill and Melinda [...]

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