Visa began working on a blockchain interoperability project in Sept. 2021 to support CBDC and stablecoin adoption but few updates have been made since.
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Chinese blockchain project aims to be the ‘SWIFT’ of stablecoins and CBDCs
A SWIFT-style system for bank-issued and regulated digital currencies was launched by a firm with a tenure building China’s national blockchain project.
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Namibian Central Bank: Virtual Assets ‘Remain Without Legal Tender Status’ but Merchants Can Still Accept Them as Payment
The Bank of Namibia recently said it has brought virtual assets and virtual asset service providers under its fintech innovations regulatory framework, and that it
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CBDCs require governments to put a special focus on security
Any nation implementing a CBDC in the near future must make sure it’s ready to defend its digital assets and, most importantly, its private keys.
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Fed Governor Says ‘Blockchain Is Totally Overrated,’ Claims Crypto Is ‘Just Electronic Gold’
The American economist and member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Christopher Waller, believes blockchain technology is “totally overrated,” even though the U.S. central
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director has called for a “ prudently designed” central bank digital currency to rival private forms of crypto-assets and
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