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Global: India’s Central Bank Head Claims Crypto Has No Underlying Value
Shaktikanta Das, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has reiterated that cryptocurrencies have no underlying value, according to a report by a local ...
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Global: Bank of England Governor Claims Bitcoin Will Fail as Payment Method
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has joined the choir of central bankers who have criticized cryptocurrencies over the past week. During his recent podcast appearance, ...
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Global: FinTech equipifi Raises $12M for BNPL Bank Service
FinTech equipifi has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round to continue rolling out its white-label buy now, pay later (BNPL) ...
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Global: Irish central bank lays down new rules for BNPL providers
The Central Bank of Ireland is applying new consumer protection legislation to ensure that hire purchase, consumer hire, and buy now, pay later ...
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Global: FCA to gain new powers to protect access to cash
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to be granted new powers over the UK’s largest banks and building societies, to ensure that cash ...
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Global: Cryptocurrency Is ‘Based on Nothing,’ Should Be Regulated, ECB’s Lagarde Says
President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde has insisted that unlike a digital euro, cryptocurrency has no underlying asset. It should be ...
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Global: New experiments pave way for international payments using CBDCs
SWIFT, in collaboration with Capgemini, is conducting new experiments to test how we can interlink domestic CBDCs and take the next step towards ...
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Global: BSP to launch digital currency experiment in fourth quarter
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno on Friday said the experiment on wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) would begin in the ...
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Global: Vietnam Launches Blockchain Association to Conduct Research and Suggest Regulations
A newly established blockchain association aims to help Vietnam promote its digital economy and position the country on the world’s technology map. The ...
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Global: OpenSea disables Bored Ape NFT amid legal case in Singapore
OpenSea, the world’s largest Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace, has disabled trading for a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT on its platform amid ...