The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) has successfully completed its first central bank digital currency (CBDC), targeting a national rollout in the first quarter of 2022.After proceeding with initial CBDC prototype testing in March 2021, Jamaica’s central bank finished an eight-month-long pilot last Friday, the Jamaica Information Service reported.As...
With 2021 being a highly successful year for decentralised crypto in terms of popularity and value, obstacles remain for banks looking for ways to fight issues that differ from their core values and carve their way into the crypto craze in 2022.
Traditional banks currently are not able to...
Today marks the 13th year since Bitcoin (BTC) creator Satoshi Nakamoto mined the genesis block or block 0 of the Bitcoin network, and for the first time mined a reward of 50 BTC back on Mon, 2009. Fast-forward to 2022, the BTC network shows no signs of slowing...
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele predicted his bullish forecasts for bitcoin in 2022 on his Twitter on Sunday, saying that the bitcoin price will reach a high of $100K this year.
In addition, he also stated that Bitcoin will "become a major electoral issue in U.S. elections this year", asking his 3.2 million...
The quantity of Bitcoin held by private corporations has increased significantly during 2021, building on increases from the previous year. In a Jan. 3 tweet, on-chain analyst Willy Woo claimed that public companies holding “significant BTC have gained market share from spot ETFs as a way to access...
As the popular proverb saying goes, one man’s food is another man’s poison, the same can be said of crypto mining which is largely on the rise in Thailand amidst the persistent ban on related activities in China.
According to an exclusive report by Al Jazeera, small entrepreneurs in...
Bitcoin (BTC) begins its first full week of 2022 in familiar territory below $50,000.After ending December at $47,200 — far below the majority of bullish expectations — the largest cryptocurrency has a lot to live up to as signs of a halving cycle peak remain nowhere to be...
Macau is expected to be a testbed for China's digital yuan, also known as the e-CNY, as casino owners prepare to bid for new licenses in the city for the first time in two decades.
Chinese regulators will be looking forward to using the casino licensing opportunity to test...
