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Tag: Digital Currencies

Posted inOpinion

Central bank digital currencies will make your wallet obsolete

by Joseph Dana October 11, 2021October 11, 2021

There is an unmistakable buzz around central bank digital currency, or CBDC. The Bahamas became the first country to issue a CBDC last year. And on October 1, the central bank of Nigeria unveiled its e-naira. Last year, China began trial of its digital yuan in four cities. The US and Britain are busy working […]

M&A activity continues to grow. Photo: iStock / Getty
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, World

Asian crypto sector expanding

by Nigel Green September 27, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Google aims to revolutionize blockchain

by Luke Thompson February 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Some cool weather is expected in Hong Kong. Photo: The Observatory
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Major HK exchange denies dropping US, Canadian clients

by Luke Thompson January 18, 2019February 18, 2020
As crypto prices plummeted over the course of 2018 the level of difficulty in minting new digital coins remained high even as profitability dropped. Photo: iStock
Posted inWorld

Securities or utilities? What exactly are blockchain tokens?

by Stephen McKeon August 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Filipinos leave Manila to work overseas. Existing international remittance fees are considerable and the use of crypto exchanges could result in in huge savings. Photo: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Germany, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, World

Southeast Asia’s remittance sector finds a friend in crypto

by Luke Thompson June 4, 2018February 18, 2020
Bitcoin is only the best known of the many digital currencies vying for attention. Photo: Reuters / Benoit Tessier / Illustration
Posted inAT Finance, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Asia’s role in the digital currency revolution

by Martin J. Young November 5, 2017February 18, 2020
Many are predicting that Bitcoin still has further to fall and may drop to $3,000 or lower. Photo:  Reuters/ Bobby Yip
Posted inUncategorized

Bitcoin going mainstream as Japanese business signs on

by Peter Langan May 23, 2017February 18, 2020
Blockchain technology appears to be going through many changes. Photo: Name Coin/Flick
Posted inAT Finance, European Union, Singapore, World

Can blockchain, a swiftly evolving technology, be controlled?

by Vasilis Kostakis, Primavera de Filippi and Wolfgang Drechsler May 4, 2017February 18, 2020
A visitor walks next to an exhibit titled "All The Flowers Are For Me" by Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha at the India Art Fair in New Delhi, India February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi   FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Posted inUncategorized

Could blockchain put money back in artists’ hands?

by Admin March 17, 2017
Tangible assets: China's latest crackdown on bitcoin platforms has underscored the risks that have dogged the virtual currency over its eight-year history. Photo: Public domain image via Vimeo
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, World

Bitcoin ETF: how anarcho-crypto currencies grow middle aged

by Johan Nylander March 10, 2017February 18, 2020

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