• Can IBM’s World Wire Be The Answer To Cryptocurrency Payments?

  The cross-border payment applications of Ripple, JPM Coin, and World Wire aim mainly at financial and enterprise institutions. None are designed for the other side of the market.

  tags: Fintech CryptoAssets Blockchain Ripple

• Motivations and prospects for central bank digital currency

  So far, most central banks remain a long way from issuing CBDC of any kind. But given that technology has been progressing fast in the settlement and payment areas, as well as DLT, it is possible central banks may increase their interest in retail and wholesale CBDC proposals based on DLT and consider actual implementation seriously in the near future.

  tags: Fintech CryptoAssets CBDC

• Binance DEX Launches on Native Mainnet Earlier Than Planned, Invites Community Input

  Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by adjusted volume, has launched its decentralized trading platform (DEX). A DEX enables users to trade P2P, using smart contracts to automate deal matching and asset liquidation.

  tags: Fintech CryptoAssets Liquidity

• How Ambiguous Regulations Complicate Crypto Taxation

  Crypto-asset taxation in major bitcoin strongholds is complicated. Contradictory or non-existent laws, excessive red tape, and maddeningly vague guidelines have conspired to make the tax-paying process more arduous than it need be.

  tags: CryptoAssets Taxation Fintech

• How Tokenization Opens A New World Of Asset Management And Investment

  The blockchain offers a way to remove intermediaries from the equation and make the tokenization and transfer of assets peer-to-peer and far more liquid and tradable and also help reach different assets not amenable to securitisation.

  tags: Blockchain Tokenization CryptoAssets Fintech

• You Can Now Shop With Bitcoin on Amazon Using Lightning

  Bitcoin spenders can now use the lightning network to shop at e-commerce sites like Amazon. Crypto payment processing startup Moon has announced that any lightning-enabled wallet can now also be used through Moon’s browser extension.

  tags: CryptoAssets Fintech Bitcoin

• Aa Traditional Remittance Rates Soar, Crypto-Baaed Transfers Can Cut Costs in Africa by 90%

  On average, it costs 9.3% to send the equivalent of $200 to the Africa according to a new World Bank report. However, the cost drops by as much as 90% when money is sent through cryptocurrency-based fintech companies like Bitpesa.

  tags: Fintech CrossBorder CryptoAssets

• IMF / World Bank shares CBDC learnings from educational blockchain

  The International Monetary Fund and World Bank have been exploring blockchain together by creating a Learning Coin.

  tags: Fintech Blockchain CryptoAssets

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