Image by Ledger Insights Last year Barclays published a report on the “functional equivalence” of central bank digital currency (CBDC). In other words, the need for a CBDC and commercial bank money to have similar functionality. While that may seem obvious, there’s a fair bit of work to be done for a CBDC to deliver …
Image by Ledger Insights Today Swift outlined its vision for digital assets and payments. That includes potentially supporting the settlement of digital asset transactions using the Swift network. However, the first step will be to enable “multi-ledger Delivery-versus-Payment (DvP) and Payment-versus-Payment (PvP) transactions on Swift’s secure, global platform.” Many view a lack of regulated …
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Image by The Crypto Times The Taraba State government, in partnership with the Algorand Foundation, has successfully trained around 100 young Nigerians in blockchain technology and software development. According to local reports, this training program lasted for a week and was wrapped up on Sunday. Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, who was represented by Deputy …
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Image by Ledger Insights We recently reported that China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the eCNY, processed $56 billion in transactions in a single month. It reached a cumulative volume of RMB 7 trillion, which is nearing the $1 trillion mark ($932 billion to be precise). However, a fair proportion is business usage. Stories continue …
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Arbitrum Stylus Revolutionizes DApp Development by Integrating Multiple Languages, Significantly Boosting Performance and Reducing Costs. Image by The Crypto Times Offchain Labs has launched Arbitrum Stylus, a new virtual machine designed to support development of decentralized applications (DApps) by expanding support for different programming languages. This innovation could significantly alter the Web3 environment by reducing …
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