The Bank of Ghana partners with Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) to pilot a general-purpose Central Bank Digital Currency (retail CBDC) in Ghana, West Africa.

Medical services company MDS Mexico has launched a rapid COVID-19 testing service that uses blockchain technology to verify results.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has published a report touting the benefits of central bank digital currencies (CBDC), especially in reducing the cost of cross-border payments.

Crypto leaders are divided over whether Mark Zuckerberg should lead Facebook into the metaverse, with Hodl Asset’s Jenny Ta saying he needs to resign if Meta is to succeed, while Animoca’s Yat Siu said Zuckerberg is the only one who can drive the company forward.

A young couple from India used nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to digitize their love for each other till eternity over the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. 

Bitcoin's most important economic mechanism, the halving, could legitimize Bitcoin as a store of value ...

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The Bitcoin network witnessed its first halving in 2012 when the Bitcoin’s issuance rate was reduced from 50 BTC to 25 BTC per mined block. The last two halvings occurred in 2016 and 2020, significantly slashing Bitcoin’s issuance rate to the current 3.125 BTC.

According to a supplement to the 2024 annual budget, Canada expects to apply the international Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) for taxation by 2026. The country is getting an early start on the new standard, which is expected to be observed by 47 countries by 2027.

A young couple from India used nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to digitize their love for each other till eternity over the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. 

The Central Bank of Kenya said "pain points" in the country's payments systems can be addressed by innovations structured around the existing ecosystem and that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) "may not be a compelling priority."

For the first time ever, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report’s top-five global risks were all climate-related.

According to the details shared by the Bank of England, the twelve-month research project will explore potential challenges, opportunities, and risks associated with the designing of a central bank digital currency system. For the research, BOE will work with the Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) team in the Media Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.