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A recent public consultation on Canada’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative revealed an overall negative sentiment from Canadians, confirming the Bank of Canada’s concerns around its country-wide adoption.Through the ‘digital Canadian dollar public consultation,’ the Canadian central bank intended to identify a place for CBDCs in a world currently
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The figure could rise to as high as 29.35 cents on the dollar depending on recoveries in relation to its debt restructuring plan. The proposals have been pushed back by major creditors, who have requested a review of Zipmex's assets and liabilities, Bloomberg reported. The Singapore-based exchange has $97.1 million
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Embattled Thai crypto exchange Zipmex is offering its creditors 3.35 cents per dollar for initial claims, with further payouts in a recovery scenario. The proposal came as a part of the restructuring offer from the company, which owes its customers $97 million. According to a Nov. 29 Bloomberg report, Zipmex could raise
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The asset, which has been valued at less than $1.00 for nearly all of its life, gained ground this week and rallied to $0.985 for the first time since August. Its volatile gains aren't doing anything to fix GHO's reputation as a not-so-stablecoin, but they do set the token close
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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes is bullish on Bitcoin (BTC). Hayes shared his thoughts on X Alongside a chart depicting net reverse repurchase agreement (RRP) and treasury general account (TGA) balance changes, Hayes referred to United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen as “Bad Gurl Yellen.”In the X post, Hayes encouraged fellow Bitcoin
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A New Zealand dollar-pegged stablecoin has gone live through a partnership with New Zealand crypto exchange Easy Crypto and Australian blockchain development firm Labrys.In a Nov. 22 announcement, Labrys and Easy Crypto said the NZDD will be backed 1:1 with cash in trust and regulated by the New Zealand Financial
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Irina Dilkinska entered a guilty plea weeks after OneCoin co-founder Karl Sebastian Greenwood was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a multi-billion dollar crypto pyramid scheme. OneCoin’s head of legal and Compliance, Irina Dilkinska, pled guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering before a Manhattan court on Nov.
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Payment processor Visa has completed the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot program with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank. According to the Nov. 1 announcement, the e-HKD program involves tokenization of deposits, where the money deposited with a bank is minted on the firm’s own blockchain ledger with the
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Through Taproot Assets, Lightning Labs is bringing stablecoins to Bitcoin and Bitcoinizing traditional assets including the dollar. Bitcoin layer-2 infrastructure firm Lightning Labs has officially launched the mainnet of Taproot Assets, a protocol that supports the issuance of stablecoins and real-world assets on the Bitcoin and Lightning networks. According to an official announcement,
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"We have seen a range of arguments in the public debate about issuing a CBDC, including addressing frictions within the payment system, promoting financial inclusion, and providing the public with access to safe central bank money," said Bowman, one of seven members of the Federal Reserve Board that oversees U.S.
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