Gibraltar Finance, the business development arm of Gibraltar’s government, will provide support to the forthcoming Post-COVID Hackathon. Gibraltar Finance has been announced as an official partner of the upcoming Post-COVID Hackathon — a global, online initiative intended to create open-source solutions addressing the health, social and economic challenges posed by the post-COVID-19 era. The event […]
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Senate looks at tech and innovation, including CBDC development, as critical area within rising tensions with China. On July 22, the Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Policy held a hearing on the role of innovation in the rising com Today’s hearing comes on the heels of a Department of Justice indictment yesterday against several […]
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America still lags behind countries like China, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland when it comes to blockchain adoption. As blockchain adoption continues to garner mainstream traction across the private sector, an increasing number of government agencies are too looking to explore the potential of the technology. For example, the United States Food and Drug […]
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The Philippines has launched a blockchain-enabled mobile application for the distribution of government-issued bonds. On July 19, the Philippine Bureau of the Treasury along with the UnionBank and Philippine Digital Asset Exchange launched a blockchain-enabled mobile application for distributing government-issued treasury bonds. According to local news outlet Inquirer.Net, the president and CEO of UnionBank, Edwin […]
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Top celebrities, politicians and businesses are caught up in a “social engineering attack” on Twitter — with theories swirling around that it could have been an “inside job.” Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, […]
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For the first time, the former Finance Secretary of India who proposed a blanket ban on cryptocurrencies discussed digital assets with industry leaders. During a webinar on July 17, the former Finance Secretary of India, Subhash Chandra Garg, discussed cryptocurrencies with Indian industry leaders including Nischal Shetty, the CEO of Indian crypto exchange WazirX, and […]
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CBDCs will be the leading digital currencies of the future, and only the competition between various models will determine the winner. Real innovations and breakthroughs don’t happen in the blink of an eye. Bitcoin (BTC) took many years to get to mainstream users since its inception in 2009. The bull market run in 2017 drastically […]
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Blockchain payments project Ubin can lay the financial blueprint for countries looking to explore crypto tech in a fully regulated manner. With cross-border interoperable blockchain systems gaining traction across the globe, it comes as no surprise that an increasing number of government agencies are looking to explore the full potential of this technology to make […]
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Venture capitalist and Bitcoin investor Tim Draper believes that blockchain technology is driving much-needed disruption in the art industry. Famed Silicon Valley and crypto investor Tim Draper believes that distributed ledger technology is transforming the art industry. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Draper emphasized the benefits that many of the core utilities of DLT offer to the […]
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An upcoming U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, advisory group meeting will host talk on a number of topics, including Distributed Ledger Technology, or DLT, digital assets and trading. The Technology Advisory Committee, or TAC, a technology consultative wing of the CFTC, plans to conduct a remote gathering on July 16, addressing a number […]
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