An up and down week filled with high volumes for animal tokens and a flurry of digital yuan news, capped by a large fundraising round
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Hong Kong to expand pilots for cross-border use of digital yuan
The first phase of tests for use of the digital yuan across borders has been successful, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has said.
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Urban Tea Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies Including Dogecoin
A specialty tea products retailer based in China’s Hunan province, Urban Tea, has introduced crypto payments in its stores and restaurants on two continents. Starting
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The challenges with designing a CBDC, explained
Central bank digital currencies face a tricky trilemma when it comes to ensuring they are well designed. What’s the answer?
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Palantir to Accept Bitcoin for Services, Considers Keeping BTC on Its Balance Sheet
Palantir Technologies, the Peter Thiel-backed, American software company specializing in big data analytics, announced Tuesday that company plans to accept bitcoin for services. Further, like
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Chia network not so green? CPU mining reportedly destroys SSD in weeks
If you want to save the world, it’s going to take a lot of hard drives.
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