Two workshops took place in Tokyo featuring presentations and discussions from representatives of nChain, BSV Blockchain Association, BitTrade exchange, and local BSV blockchain projects, alongside attendees from institutions like Keio University and Deloitte.
Hong Kong prohibits retail stablecoin trading until 2024 due to concerns about safety and redemption risks, pending the establishment of a regulatory framework.
Canada banned stablecoins from exchanges in February unless they obtain prior exemption, but now permits them if they are transparent and provably fully backed.
House Financial Services Chair McHenry reiterates commitment to stablecoin regulation amid shutdown threat, highlighting bipartisan support for 2023's Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act.
Japan has a large market for digital content including anime, manga, games, and movies/TV—and a stable-value, reliable digital currency that runs cheap and fast enough to allow micropayments, would unlock new kinds of interactions between creators and their fans.
On this episode of CoinGeek Conversations, Bernhard Müller details the process behind the Centi franc, explaining that for every token issued, the bank provides an equivalent amount of money as a guarantee in the event that Centi defaults.
Hong Kong is on its second round of consultation for its stablecoin regulations, and a lawmaker has revealed that he called on residents to use the upcoming CBDC.
The two-day Blockchain for Europe Summit 2023 is packed with insightful discussions from expert panels on Digital Asset Recovery on the future of MiCA, AML, DeFi, and smart contracts.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge John Dorsey has approved the plan by FTX Debtors to start selling roughly $3.4 billion worth of BTC, ETH, SOL and other tokens that were stranded on the digital asset exchange when it filed for bankruptcy protection.
MUFG's Progmat Coin, with support from Mizuho, seeks to revolutionize settlements in Japan's payment ecosystem with lower costs and enhanced security amid rising stablecoin initiatives.
With the newly released joint paper, FSB and IMF encourage nations to "address data gaps necessary to understand the rapidly changing crypto-asset ecosystem."
In a desperate attempt to revive its revenue, Circle returned its stablecoin to Coinbase's Base blockchain, a so-called "decentralized" network whose reputation is marred by technological woes.
