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Retail users in Vietnam who trade on offshore crypto exchanges like Binance or OKX face heavy penalties. Network School controversy in Malaysia over Israeli citizen ban.
The Bank of Korea’s upcoming pilot will test live transactional rails for institutional deposit tokens to future-proof the nation's financial infrastructure.
Afriend and I got into it recently. He’s smart, freedom-minded, and totally gets the danger of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). Expiring money, programmable control, carbon budgets – he sees most of the expanding tyranny clearly. And yet he dismisses D…
Phase 1 of Project Hangang opened 81,000 wallets with 42% of them using the CBDC. Phase 2 is bigger, and this time it moves real government money.
South Korea could launch the second phase of its Project Hangang CBDC pilot in September, expanding to nine banks and testing government subsidy payments.
Chainlink's CCIP protocol is now embedded in central bank projects across Brazil, Hong Kong, Australia, the UK, and mBridge nations for CBDC and tokenized The post Chainlink embedded in central bank projects across five countries appeared first on Crypto Brie…
ECB's Piero Cipollone positions the digital euro as essential for banking trust, with no interest, holding caps, and potential issuance targeted for 2029. The post European Central Bank emphasizes digital euro’s role in banking trust appeared first on Crypto …
The CLARITY Act's Senate window is closing, but the real deadline belongs to compliance teams. What GCs, CCOs and boards should do before August, pass or fail.
From tokenized public spending trials to government bond pilots, the state is aggressively pushing public finance onto distributed ledgers.
We break down everything known about the testing and launch timeline for the digital euro. The European Central Bank has selected 36 payment service providers... The post ECB Selects 36 Banks for Digital Euro Pilot — Testing Begins in 2027 appeared first on B…
South Korea's legislative move could enhance crypto market stability, attract institutional investors, and integrate digital assets into mainstream finance. The post South Korea plans Digital Asset Basic Act to bring crypto into its national asset framework a…
South Korea’s Ministry of Economy announced plans to include digital assets and intellectual property under the country’s new state-asset management framework to modernize state asset management.
The pilot will test a beta version of the digital euro for online, offline, in-store, and e-commerce payments using ECB and central bank staff as users.
South Korea's blockchain bond pilot could revolutionize debt management, setting a precedent for digital finance infrastructure globally. The post South Korea to pilot tokenization of government bonds on blockchain appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The US strike near Kish Island undermines Iran's crypto hub ambitions, deterring regional investment and escalating geopolitical tensions. The post US strike hits near Kish Island water facility as Iran’s crypto ambitions catch stray fire appeared first on Cr…