When you think about national digital currencies, countries like China and Sweden immediately spring to mind, but a tiny Caribbean Island is making waves. The ‘Sand Dollar’ has just been rolled out to the second island in the chain, putting the Bahamian central bank way ahead of most countries and aims to roll out the digital currency … Continue reading The Bahamas Racing Ahead with the Sand Dollar
The Bitcoin community has funded a noble cause of establishing the second level Advanced Medical Post (AMP) belonging to the Italian Red Cross as it will be instrumental in saving lives in Italy amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The epidemic has hit Italy hard as it has recorded more than 132,000 cases and at least … Continue reading Bitcoin Community Helps in Setting Up Italian Red Cross Medical Center to Fight Coronavirus
Before the world started grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, Australian bushfires made waves as they were wreaking havoc and spreading at an alarming rate. The 2019-2020 season of these wildfires referred to as the Black Summer started in June 2019, and their destructive nature was aired across the globe. These Australian bushfires were so dire … Continue reading How Bitcoin Donations Supported the Noble Cause of Taming Australian Bushfires
Trading Crypto with Eugene is a series of daily commentary of market analysis and trading advice shared by Eugene Ng of Matrixport, a veteran trader with 10 years of experience in top-tier global investment banks. If you like the article, please follow us here on Blockchain.News so you won’t miss our future publications. BTC up almost 4% with ETH, XLM and … Continue reading April 23: ETH Eating The Stablecoin World
‘The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.’ – Robert Swan. From the Hindustan Times, December 5, 1984: Poison gas toll 1,200 and rising From The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Saturday, May 17, 1986 Chernobyl: Tragedy felt around the world From the Valdez Vanguard newspaper, Friday, March 24, 1989 … Continue reading Racing to Save the Planet: The Role of Blockchain in Sustainability
“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” – Vladimir Lenin We have had a few of those weeks. While the world’s financial system teeters on the edge of collapse and deflationary depression, the cryptosphere is hyping bitcoin as a way to capitalize on inflation from all the money that governments are printing in response. Talk about … Continue reading Bitcoin Price and the Global Financial Crisis: Everybody's Looking at the Wrong Markets
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has just announced that it will begin experimenting with a Digital Yen, its own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to test its technical application and feasibility. Although no timetable for Japan’s CBDC experimentation has been revealed, this is the first announcement by the BoJ that it will commence a Proof … Continue reading Bank of Japan Testing Digital Yen CBDC
The Bank of Japan is reportedly expediting the development of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). A top official of the Asian giant’s apex bank Takeshi Kimura confirmed this while speaking to Japanese news outlet The Asahi Shimbun. Takeshi said that the bank will begin substantive testing of its CBDC as pressure mounts following the … Continue reading Bank of Japan Now Considers its CBDC Project a Top Priority
Thailand Blockchain Community Initiative (BCI) has joined hands with IBM to extend the scope and reach of the blockchain-powered electronic letter of guarantee (eLG) platform to businesses of all sizes. Since its inception in late 2019, the platform has handled guarantee letters worth nearly $300 million. Time is of the essence The eLG platform’s popularity … Continue reading Thailand Blockchain Community Partners with IBM to Expand $300M Electronic Letter of Guarantee Platform
At the time of writing, the Sushi token price is near $1 in price, according to Coingecko. It slipped even below $1 in some crypto exchanges. We previously analyzed why the Sushi token price will drop below $1 soon. This post confirms our analysis for more reasons. Tightening regulations posing great uncertainty on decentralized exchanges The tightening … Continue reading 4 Reasons Why Sushi Token Price Dropped Below $1