(4 December 2024 – Australia) The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is considering a comprehensive overhaul of rules governing the cryptocurrency sector. The proposed changes would require […]
(18 August 2023 – Global) Mastercard has put together a central bank digital currency partner program comprised of firms from across the ecosystem, including Ripple and Consensys. The […]
(27 July 2023 – Palau) Western Pacific island state the Republic of Palau has teamed up with Ripple on a government-issued stablecoin pilot. Palau first began working with Ripple […]
(6 July 2023 – China) DBS has implemented a payments collection and settlement service for Chinese merchants that handles transactions in the country's retail central bank digital currency, E-CNY. […]
(18 May 2023 – Hong Kong) The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has selected 16 firms to participate in trials of an e-HK CBDC pilot program. The central bank committed to exploring […]
(31 March 2023 – United Kingdom) The United Kingdom (UK) government has scrapped Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plan for the Royal Mint to issue a non-fungible token (NFT). […]
(16 March 2023 – Australia) NAB will test FX transfers using the Ethereum blockchain and its own stablecoin as it seeks to release its digital version of the […]
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(2 March 2023 – Australia) The Reserve Bank of Australia is kicking of 14 pilot projects to investigate potential use cases for a central bank digital currency. The projects […]
(23 February 2023 – Global) POS terminal manufacturer Ingenico has teamed up with Binance to pilot in-store cryptocurrency payment acceptance. The two firms have formed a strategic partnership, developing […]
