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South Korea’s DPK forms digital asset committee ahead polls
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26 May, 2025

South Korea’s DPK forms digital asset committee ahead polls

The Bank of Korea wants to have regulatory supremacy over won-pegged stablecoins, but the new committee says the FSC would...
Ghana, Rwanda, Singapore launch cross-border payments scheme
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23 May, 2025

Ghana, Rwanda, Singapore launch cross-border payments scheme

Unveiled at a recent event in Ghana, the Next-Gen Digital Payment Infrastructure project is designed to overhaul existing pan-African cross-border...
BIS, NY Fed test smart contracts for tokenized monetary policy
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22 May, 2025

BIS, NY Fed test smart contracts for tokenized monetary policy

Under Project Pine, the two led a consortium of central banks in testing how they can use smart contracts to...
Digital wallet adoption spikes in Asia as cash usage wanes
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20 May, 2025

Digital wallet adoption spikes in Asia as cash usage wanes

The Worldpay report says that cash is unlikely to get wiped out and may have found its floor; it will...
Stablecoins to go mainstream on Trump support: report
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19 May, 2025

Stablecoins to go mainstream on Trump support: report

The Deutsche Bank report notes that despite the Senate stalling with the GENIUS Act, the U.S. is most likely to...
Stablecoins to hold $1T in US Treasuries by 2030: report
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16 May, 2025

Stablecoins to hold $1T in US Treasuries by 2030: report

Meanwhile, a U.S. Treasury report says that allowing stablecoin issuers to offer interest to holders could spur interest and boost...

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