The Palestine Monetary Authority is exploring the possibility of issuing its own digital currency. For Palestinians, the minting of a national coin would represent a
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Blockchain not suitable for CBDC, says Swiss national bank economist
Global economists continue to question the implications of blockchain implementation for central bank digital currencies.
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Tanzania central bank may rescind crypto ban after presidential endorsement
President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s positive stance on crypto could see Tanzania’s central bank reversing its previous cryptocurrency prohibition.
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Palestine monetary authority mulls digital currency as ‘political signal‘
Analysts note that the occupied territories’ macroeconomic and political conditions don’t allow for a digital currency to operate as a means of exchange but stress
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Bank of Israel steps up CBDC efforts with reported tests on Ethereum
The Bank of Israel has experimented with using Ethereum and nonfungible tokens for a pilot as part of its ongoing digital shekel research, a local
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Bank of France, Swiss Crypto Bank Test Securities Settlement Using CBDC
The Bank of France has successfully completed an experiment involving the use of CBDC to settle listed securities. The test has been carried out with
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