An election pledge during last year’s Thai elections included a payment of 10,000 baht ($277) to every resident adult aged 16 or over...
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Financial Stability Board highlights stablecoin risks for emerging economies
The Financial Stability Board published a report highlighting the risks affecting emerging economies from foreign currency stablecoins...
Mitsui tokenized gold startup eyes coin distribution in Korea
In early 2022 Mitsui & Co Digital Commodities launched a gold token Zipang Coin. While Mitsui is the issuer with the gold held in a...
Still no bank custodians amongst nine approved ETH ETFs
Today’s the day that trading starts in Ether ETFs following the long awaited approval by the SEC yesterday. Eight of the nine ETFs have...
Peru awards contract for first retail CBDC pilot
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru has awarded its first contract for the development of its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC)...
Nomura backed Libre expands fund tokenization to Solana with Hamilton Lane
Today Libre unveiled its tokenized funds on its second public blockchain, Solana. The new fund is a feeder fund for Hamilton Lane’s...
Central bank provider G+D launches self hosted crypto wallet that’s recoverable
Today Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) unveiled a self hosted cryptocurrency wallet solution, G+D Convego TruSafe, which it aims to distribute...
ECB DLT trials: LBBW’s Berlin Hyp to issue €100m mortgage bond on SWIAT DLT
The Eurosystem’s wholesale DLT trials using central bank money for settlement have inspired a raft of institutions to issue digital...
Spanish bank Unicaja invests in crypto exchange Bit2Me
Last week Unicaja Bank, one of Spain’s top five banks, said its venture arm invested in cryptocurrency exchange Bit2Me. The startup has...
Putin wants to speed up deployment of Russia’s CBDC
During a meeting on economic issues earlier this week, Vladimir Putin seemed keen for Russia’s central bank digital currency (CBDC)...