The proposed distributed ledger technology-backed “Asian yuan” token would supposedly help reduce Asia’s dependence on the U.S. dollar for international business. Researchers from a Chinese state-run think tank have floated the idea of an Asia-wide digital currency with the aim of reducing its reliance on a United States dollar-based economy. The views of researchers Liu…
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Axelar’s co-founder shared his views on blockchain infrastructure and adoption at Converge22 in San Francisco. Cross-chain communication between blockchains is more than just moving data from point A to B, but how it can connect applications and users for enhanced experiences and fewer gas fees in Web3, outlined Sergey Gorbunov, Axelar Network co-founder and CEO,…
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The project will connect SWIFT’s network to nearly every blockchain to allow traditional finance players access to digital and traditional assets on the one network. Interbank messaging system SWIFT has partnered with price oracle provider Chainlink (LINK) to work on a proof-of-concept (POC) project which would allow traditional finance firms the ability to transact across…
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Over $12 million in value was issued in the pilot with commercial and central banks in Hong Kong, Thailand, the UAE and China taking part. A multi-jurisdictional central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot has been marked “successful” by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) after a month-long test phase that facilitated $22 million worth of…
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Industry experts explain how the Ethereum Merge will impact enterprise adoption for business use cases. A recent report from the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA) highlights how the Ethereum ecosystem has matured to a point where the network can be used by businesses to solve real-world problems. From supply chain management use cases to payment solutions…
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New crypto project wants to give online communities their own sovereignty by easily deploying their own blockchain with their own rules Developers and communities will be able to deploy their own sovereign, custom-made blockchains at the “click of a button” says Celestia co-founder Ismail Khoffi. Speaking with Cointelegraph at Korean Blockchain Week 2022 last week,…
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Artificial intelligence’s transformative power in relation to blockchain technology is being severely overlooked, say experts. One reason is that blockchain’s use of a decentralized ledger offers insight into the workings of AI systems and the provenance of the data these platforms may be using. As a result, transactions can be facilitated with a high level…
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Ankr also said that it will incentivize independent Optimism node operators to add their nodes to the load balancer in return for ANKR tokens. Ankr, a company that provides one-click node deployment and Web3 infrastructure, has announced that it will become a remote procedure call provider for Optimism. Optimism is an open-source Layer 2 scaling…
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Essential goals like “trust and censorship resistance” can be aided by distributed ledger technology, said Vitalik. Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of both Ethereum & Bitcoin Magazine, took to Twitter to share his thoughts on non-financial use-cases for blockchain technology. In a paper titled “Where to use a blockchain in non-financial applications?”, Buterin expressed a growing interest…
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In addition to eco-friendly components, the IMF recommended central banks to include other features in the CBDCs, such as compliance, higher resilience and offline capabilities. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) study on energy consumption revealed the importance of design choices within the crypto ecosystem to build an environmentally friendly mainstream payment system. In the study entitled…
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