Blockchain Can Help Find Covid-19 Cure

Founder of Crypto ATM network, Bitcoin Depot, believes that the Blockchain community can help develop a cure for Covid-19. Brandon Mintz believes that the Blockchain can do that because of its immense computational power to confirm transactions and generate new…

Bank of Jamaica Invites Bidding War for CBDC Infrastructure Solutions

The Bank of Jamaica invited technology solution providers to develop and test potential Central Bank Digital Currency, or CBDC solutions. According to a July 17 statement, bidders have been invited to submit the details of their solutions to the bank…

Global Compatibility will determine the CBDC Race, says Expert

Douglas Arner, director at Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong, believes that international interoperability will become the cornerstone of the CBDC race. While speaking at the unitize Blockchain conference on July 14, he argued…

Bank of England considering a CBDC

News of a possible English CBDC are coming out of London after Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey revealed that they considering a digital currency. The head of the top bank made this public in a webinar while addressing some…

G20 Nations begin Laying the Groundwork for Crypto Payment

Digital currency payments may become a reality for G20 members before the next summit in Saudi Arabia. According to Kyodo news, 19 countries from the G20 unit as well as the European Union have accepted that the digital currency wave…

Akon’s Blockchain Startup set to Launch Education Hub in Kenya

Music producer Akon is set to launch a massive Blockchain initiative in Kenya. The initiative will be a joint effort between his Blockchain startup AKOIN and Dutch owned Effect.AI. The effort has been dubbed the “Kenyan Opportunity Hub” with its…

Visa Crypto Chief: CBDC most important trend in payments in the coming decade!

Central Bank Digital Currencies or CBDCs may just be one of the most important developments over the next decade according to Visa’s head of crypto, Cuy Sheffield. Sheffield tweeted that “as governments evaluate CBDC, the path they decide to take…

The New Crypto Agricultural Revolution

Yield farming and Liquidity Mining, are gaining traction more and more every day. It’s all part of decentralized finance (DEFI) where you stake some capital and look to gain returns by providing liquidity to certain protocols. The protocols are pegged…

Bank of Japan is now experimenting with Digital Yen

The bank of Japan has announced plans to begin experimenting with a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). This is a big boost for those who champion for CBDCs as more governments are now beginning to look to that direction. The…