Retailers including CVS Pharmacy, Rite Aid, and 7-Eleven now allow LibertyX mobile app users to purchase up to $500 in Bitcoin with cash. LibertyX, the firm that launched one of the early Bitcoin ATMs, has just made purchasing Bitcoin in cash possible at more than 20,000 retail locations across the United States. In a June 22 announcement on …
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Central banks are both actively exploring the latest development of digital currencies. Speaking at a financial forum in Shanghai last week, Ravi Menon, the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, said CBDC is currently a very hot topic and highlighted China’s progress in developing its CBDC. Menon said Singapore and China are having …
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It was a great pleasure and honor to be the keynote speaker at the World Digital Currency Forum on the 16th December 2019 in Hong Kong, along with my colleague and Asia Pacific CEO of The World Nano Foundation Global Economist Nick Zhao. It was a great opportunity to share with everyone the extraordinary innovation …
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On 16 December 2019, the World Digital Currency Forum launched a global launch conference and the ACU white paper launch conference in Hong Kong. The theme of the conference is “subversion, innovation, opportunity, and change”, adhering to the concept of “collision of wisdom, dialogue of the future”, and is committed to promoting exchanges and cooperation …
Last month, we reported that the bank was thinking about issuing a digital currency. The proposal was part of a draft that seeks to ban “high-risk” crypto projects. The ECB’s target is Libra, the global digital currency developed by Facebook, which has been repeatedly criticized by European leaders. Now the central bank is debating the pros and …
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Adoption of stablecoins proves popular Different forms of currency have been used over the ages — such as seashells, wampum and metal coins — and in more recent times, bank notes made from paper and plastic are in wide circulation. Nowadays, the digital era is set to redefine the features of money and the ways …
HONG KONG, CHINA / ACCESSWIRE / December 4, 2019 / The global launch of the Asia Currency Unit (ACU) white paper will be held in Hong Kong, the Asia Pacific financial center, on 16 December 2019. At that time, authoritative representatives from more than 50 countries will gather to witness ACU’s new great journey. According to …
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Global race to harness blockchain technology gathers pace The vice-chairman of the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), Huang Qifan, says the country is determined to develop the world’s first sovereign digital currency. In a speech Huang stated: “The People’s Bank of China has been studying DCEP (digital currency electronic payment) for five or six …
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By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s digital currency will create a “horse race” when it is launched as commercial banks and other institutions compete to provide the best services using the new form of money, a central bank official said on Wednesday. China is preparing to be the first country to roll out …
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CircCircle CEO Jeremy Allaire believes that China’s developing “cryptocurrency” could propel the yuan to worldwide renown as a global reserve currency. Speaking to CNBC’s Squawk Box, Allaire highlighted the budding prospects of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), suggesting that it could act as the “mechanism” for worldwide adoption of the yuan. “I look at this really meeting several …
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