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South Korea to permit corporations to sell digital assets
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29 May, 2025

South Korea to permit corporations to sell digital assets

The FSC will lift a 2017 ban on institutions and exchanges selling digital assets, but it will enforce stringent AML...
Pakistan sets up new authority for ‘crypto’ oversight
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28 May, 2025

Pakistan sets up new authority for ‘crypto’ oversight

The Finance Ministry has endorsed the PDAA, which will oversee exchanges, license VASPs, promote block reward mining, and foster blockchain...
Nigeria tops survey on AI use to reshape cities, infrastructure
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27 May, 2025

Nigeria tops survey on AI use to reshape cities, infrastructure

One in three engineers, architects, and planners use AI daily, while another 31% use it every few days in decision-making,...
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...

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