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EU Parliament’s Internal Market Committee Seeks to Reduce Dependency on Other Countries With Metaverse Strategy

"Europe cannot afford to lag behind in the next digital revolution nor can we repeat past mistakes," said Pablo Arias Echeverría, the rapporteur shepherding the initiative through the parliament. "As we step into Web 4.0 with the development of virtual worlds, we have to lay a foundation, rooted in strong

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US, Britain and other countries ink ‘secure by design’ AI guidelines

The United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and 15 other countries have released global guidelines to help protect AI models from being tampered with, urging companies to make their models “secure by design.”On Nov. 26, the 18 countries released a 20-page document outlining how AI firms should handle their cybersecurity when

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47 countries pledge to authorize the crypto-asset reporting framework by 2027

Just under 50 national governments have issued a joint pledge to “swiftly transpose” the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), the new international standard on automatic exchange of information between tax authorities, into their domestic law systems. The statement was published on Nov. 10. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published

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Lower-middle income countries lead in crypto adoption, but not volume: Chainalysis

India leads the world in crypto adoption, followed by Nigeria and Vietnam, according to a new Chainalysis report. Nonetheless, North America accounts for nearly a quarter of all value received by cryptocurrency exchanges, with the United States leading by far.To calculate adoption, Chainalysis used web traffic data from 13 billion

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Centralized crypto platforms forced to freeze Arab countries’ funds

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates, the former CEO of Paxful calls on users to stay away from centralized crypto platforms. Ray Youssef, former CEO of Paxful, a peer-to-peer crypto platform, took to X to alarm users about the growing risks of being blocked on centralized exchanges. The regulators worldwide

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CoinDCX exchange expands self-custody wallet to support 155 countries

Major Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX is expanding its self-custody wallet Okto by integrating major on-ramp platform Transak.Okto wallet, a multichain cryptocurrency wallet launched by CoinDCX in August 2022, has integrated the Transak platform to scale the wallet’s global support, the firm announced to Cointelegraph on Oct. 5. The integration is

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BIS Chief Urges Countries to Establish Legal Frameworks for CBDCs

According to the report, in some countries, central banks are directing their attention toward wholesale CBDCs, which are designed to facilitate the settlement of interbank transfers and other wholesale transactions. Agustin Carstens, the General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has urged countries to take immediate action in establishing

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