Saudi Arabia exploring blockchain and CBDC to reduce cash usage
Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority has been active in CBDC research as it seeks to digitize payments, although it has no intention of completely curbing cash use.
Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority has been active in CBDC research as it seeks to digitize payments, although it has no intention of completely curbing cash use.
The Dubai Financial Services Authority has launched a framework that defines and regulates investment tokens, as well as offers guidance for market participants.
The securities regulator reiterated its stance that investment advisors must not engage in buying and selling of unregulated assets such as digital gold.
A working group convened by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has granted the push by SEC Commissioner Gary Gensler to let the securities regulator take control over stablecoins.
Kazakhstan has seen a spike in block reward mining activities over the past year, which the government sees as the cause of the rise in power outages in the country.
The High Court of Sindh has ordered the gov’t to formulate regulations for the digital currency industry in response to a petition challenging an earlier ban.
The agency published a piece in an official tax newspaper, urging the government to start taxing digital currencies, even though it recently reiterated its ban.
The trustee for the defunct Mt. Gox exchange has confirmed that creditors approved the plan that will eventually see over $9B paid out in the long-running digital currency saga.
The top state planning agency in China is seeking public opinion on block reward mining, a month after it listed the sector among the industries with dwindling contributions to the economy.
When Satoshi published the Bitcoin whitepaper at just 39 years of age, the world was in chaos following the 2007-08 financial crisis. Now Satoshi is finally seeing his brainchild become what he envisioned in Bitcoin SV.
Unbounded Capital’s Zach Resnick and Dr. Craig Wright join CoinGeek’s Kurt Wuckert Jr. for some blockchain and gaming insider information before popping the champagne to close the CoinGeek New York conference.
Zach Weiner joined Kurt Wuckert Jr. to talk about how he got started with developing and blockchain, his vision for VXPASS, separating politics from data, and more.