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Pakistan draws up laws in preparation for CBDC launch in 2025
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9 December, 2022

Pakistan draws up laws in preparation for CBDC launch in 2025

Pakistan is set on launching its CBDC by 2025, releasing new guidelines—with help from World Bank—for non-bank entities to aid...
India eyes tech as guiding principle in regulating the digital assets industry
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21 October, 2022

India eyes tech as guiding principle in regulating the digital assets industry

India recognizes the benefits of the digital asset sector but says a tech-driven framework needs to be crafted to ensure...
BIS: CBDCs could solve cross border friction, but interoperability still major challenge
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16 July, 2022

BIS: CBDCs could solve cross border friction, but interoperability still major challenge

BIS and IMF say that using CBDCs could solve many challenges with cross-border movement of funds, but question whether central...
India digital currency consultation paper with IMF and World Bank coming soon
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5 June, 2022

India digital currency consultation paper with IMF and World Bank coming soon

The paper is a result of consultations made both with local digital currency industry key players and international organizations like...
Myanmar: Military gov’t mulls digital currency but World Bank shoots it down
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11 February, 2022

Myanmar: Military gov’t mulls digital currency but World Bank shoots it down

The country’s military government said recently that it’s considering launching a digital currency to boost its economy, but the World...
El Salvador residents in fresh protests against BTC imposition
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2 September, 2021

El Salvador residents in fresh protests against BTC imposition

Salvadorians have held their ground and rejected the imposition of BTC as legal tender, with fresh protests breaking out a...