Digital Shekel
China turns against stablecoins; Sony preps PlayStation stable
China's central bank targets stablecoins amid regulatory challenges, while South Korea pushes for stablecoin legislation to advance digital finance.
Iraq eyes CBDC launch; Israel crafts digital shekel design
Iraq announced plans to launch a digital dinar to improve its payments ecosystem; meanwhile, Israel published the design of its...
Round-up of the week’s biggest blockchain news
The blockchain and digital asset space flourishes in the finance sector with new stablecoin projects, tokenized bonds, and developments in...
Israel announces first batch of digital shekel challenge participants
Israel’s central bank announced the digital shekel challenge in May, and it has now picked COTI, Fireblocks, PayPal and 11...
Israel postpones CBDC launch
After successful pilots and collaboration with the Bank of International Settlements, BOI Deputy Governor Andrew Abir said it was waiting...
Israel’s digital shekel challenge targets innovative CBDC applications
The Bank of Israel launched the challenge to explore the feasibility of issuing a digital shekel, inspired by the Bank...
