Read More Alarm Raised Over EU’s MiCA in Wake of China Crypto Ban Mar 14, 2022 Alarm Raised Over EU’s MiCA in Wake of China Cryp... In post-China crypto ban days, the European Union (EU) is putting up to vote a new regulation which a French member of parl...
Read More U.S. in Major Push for CBDC, Global Digital Asset Leadership Since China’s Pushback Mar 13, 2022 U.S. in Major Push for CBDC, Global Digital Asset Lead... With China now out of the way, the U.S. has made its first major move to stamp its global leadership role regarding digital as...
Read More Cryptos, CBDCs Are Sanctions-Resistant, Can’t Help Russia For Now Mar 9, 2022 Cryptos, CBDCs Are Sanctions-Resistant, Can’t Help... Contrary to the view shared in some quarters, a fintech expert and the author of ‘Cashless’, a book on China’s digital curre...
Read More Canaan in Record Over 200% YoY 2021 Sales Increase Mar 4, 2022 Canaan in Record Over 200% YoY 2021 Sales Increase China-based chip producer, Canaan, has shown in its 2021 unaudited full-year financial results that it sold a total computing po...
Read More Carbon Emission Risen Since China’s Crypto Mining Ban – Study Mar 4, 2022 Carbon Emission Risen Since China’s Crypto Mining Ba... China’s exit from the cryptocurrency mining space may not have abated the carbon footprint left behind by the industry, a new st...
Read More SWIFT Sanctions on Russia Draws Renewed Attention to Possible e-CNY Growth Mar 1, 2022 SWIFT Sanctions on Russia Draws Renewed Attention to Po... A decision to kick Russia out of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) could benefit...
Read More Chinese Province Closest to Russia Plans e-CNY Pilot Feb 24, 2022 Chinese Province Closest to Russia Plans e-CNY Pilot Barely a month since the largest Russian lender Sberbank said it has started money transfer service to China through Alipay w...
Read More BSN Head Sees e-CNY, Stablecoins as Two Extremes of Digital Currency in China Feb 21, 2022 BSN Head Sees e-CNY, Stablecoins as Two Extremes of Di... Though a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan (e-CNY) is in the payment-related digital currency catego...
Read More Eun Young Choi to Head Crypto Enforcement Team to Dismantle Illicit Use Feb 20, 2022 Eun Young Choi to Head Crypto Enforcement Team to Dismantl... In the wake of a reported increase in cases of illicit transactions using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, the U.S. Department ...
Read More e-CNY Test Pilots to Continue, Public Rollout to go Beyond Olympic Games Feb 17, 2022 e-CNY Test Pilots to Continue, Public Rollout to go Beyon... The trial phase of the digital yuan (e-CNY) will still continue and the country-wide rollout will take more time, the Directo...
Olusegun Ogundeji writes on tech-related issues including from the crypto/Blockchain space.