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Thailand marches on with $14 billion digital money handout
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31 July, 2024

Thailand marches on with $14 billion digital money handout

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin rose to power in 2023 by pledging to revive the economy through the digital cash handout,...
Google searches for ‘onchain’ surge
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30 July, 2024

Google searches for ‘onchain’ surge

After hitting a new high in early June, Google searches for ‘onchain’ have stayed high as blockchain technology continues to...
HandCash CTO Rafa Jimenez: We do all the hard work, so you don’t have to
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30 July, 2024

HandCash CTO Rafa Jimenez: We do all the hard work, so you don’t have to

HandCash has onboarded over 100,000 new clients in the past few years, and its co-founder Rafa Jimenez has revealed that...
Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands join Hong Kong stablecoin sandbox
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30 July, 2024

Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands join Hong Kong stablecoin sandbox

China’s e-commerce giant JD.com also joined the sandbox, but the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has warned that it has yet...
Kazakhstan uses programmable CBDC to pay for railway to China
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29 July, 2024

Kazakhstan uses programmable CBDC to pay for railway to China

The National Bank of Kazakhstan is utilizing the programmable digital tenge to pay contractors who completed the required tasks on...
Moody’s joins Singapore’s Project Guardian to assess tokenization risk
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29 July, 2024

Moody’s joins Singapore’s Project Guardian to assess tokenization risk

Moody’s will focus on fixed-income workstreams, from fractionalized bonds and stablecoins to tokenized deposits for Singapore’s central bank’s Project Guardian.

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