The Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital real, will be more of a wholesale asset instead of a public retail-focused token, according to statements from the president of the Central Bank of Brazil, Roberto Campos Neto. Campos Neto indicated that private banks in the country will be able to issue their own stablecoins…
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South Korea’s President-Elect Yoon Suk-yeol has indicated he is ready to come good on some of the crypto-related campaign promises that helped him win power earlier this year – and could end an initial coin offering (ICO) ban that dates back to 2017…. Read More: Brace for More S Korean Altcoins as President-Elect Prepares…
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The head of the South African central bank has insisted that regulators and policymakers should be involved in directing any potential move to markets that are based on distributed ledger technology (DLT).
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The governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), Lesetja Kganyago, has argued that central banks, regulators,…
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Santander is developing the possibility of offering loans backed by tokens that are collateralized in agricultural products. The bank has partnered with Agrotoken, a company that launched a series of agricultural commodity tokens already being used in agriculture-related markets to make transactions. A pilot test has been conducted to validate the system used to produce…
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More and more football clubs are turning to the crypto industry to boost revenues by issuing a new type of digital asset called fan tokens. In this guide, we will explain what football fan tokens are, how they work, and how football supporters feel about them. Fan tokens are utility tokens that give fans…
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Security tokens deployed on a purpose-built blockchain may be the solution to financial institution adoption. How can a securities-specific blockchain accelerate adoption? A successful securities-specific blockchain fills all gaps in the current Ethereum architecture by providing efficiency, automation and transparency. Aligning a functioning blockchain with the needs of modern capital markets will require solutions to…
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Visa’s head of crypto Cuy Sheffield said that mainstream users are setting up “crypto wallets in waves” to be a part of the NFT sector. Visa’s head of crypto Cuy Sheffield said that investing in cryptocurrency has become a lot cooler thanks to an influx of creative types drawn in by the booming NFT sector.…
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On Thursday, the Boston-based financial services and bank holding company State Street Corporation announced the launch of a division dedicated to cryptocurrencies, the digital economy, and decentralized finance (defi). State Street Invokes New Division Dedicated to Crypto, Blockchain, and Defi The financial services company State Street (NYSE: STT) offers a wide array of products like…
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Société Générale continues its crypto and blockchain experimentation by issuing a tokenized security on the Tezos network. European financial behemoth Société Générale has issued a security token on the Tezos blockchain. According to an announcement on Thursday, the move constitutes the first tokenized asset offered by Société Générale. The bank stated that the security token…
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