
Article by Steve Kaaru
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6 December, 2024
BIS, 7 other banks publish CBDC policy, design considerations
The central banks included England, Japan and the European Union, and delved into privacy, preventing crime, the two-tier system, cybersecurity,...
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5 December, 2024
Russia now treats digital assets as property as CBDC faces delay
Russia's new law caps the tax on digital asset profits at 15%; meanwhile, the Trade Ministry argues that retail outlets...
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5 December, 2024
Swiss council opposes capital Bern’s motion to study BTC mining
Legislators in Bern passed a motion to assess how BTC block reward mining can repurpose excess energy, but the governing...
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4 December, 2024
Microsoft to ship world’s most advanced quantum computer in 2025
Atom Computing and Microsoft achieved the world’s largest logical entangled state to date with 24 logical qubits, built with 80...
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4 December, 2024
Vancouver mayor presents plan to make city ‘Bitcoin-friendly’
Mayor Ken Sim will introduce a new motion in early December to make Vancouver a “Bitcoin-friendly city” but has failed...
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4 December, 2024
South Korea agrees to another 2-year ‘crypto’ tax delay
The opposition Democratic Party had pledged to fight any further delays by the ruling People Power Party but has now...
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