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Bank of Spain Greenlights Euro-Backed Stablecoin Token Pilot Program – Fintech Bitcoin News

The Bank of Spain has given approval for the launch of a pilot program involving the issuance and usage of euro-pegged stablecoins. The program, which MONEI, a fintech institution, is launching, will allow users to issue digital euros with fiat deposits in order to experiment with these in payment applications,

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CBDCs Are the Future of Central Bank Money but They Are Still Not Ready – Fintech Bitcoin News

A World Economic Forum (WEF) panel comprised of central bankers and global tech providers has profiled central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as the future of central bank money, presenting them as one of the solutions for limitations in the payments sector today. However, they have also stated these present several

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Ukraine’s Tascombank Pilots Stellar-based E-hryvnia – Fintech Bitcoin News

Tascombank, one of the oldest banking institutions in Ukraine, has completed the pilot testing of a digital currency based on the Stellar network. The bank believes that its electronic money platform represents an economically viable implementation of blockchain technology. Tascombank Conducts Tests With New Ukrainian Digital Currency An “electronic hryvnia” has

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The ‘Elon Effect’ shows how opinion leaders shape the FinTech market

The power that influencers have in affecting public perception and therefore causing alterations in the value of a product, service, asset or currency has increased to the point where they can crash or uplift entire markets with their content and takes. The Elon EffectIn 2021, Elon Musk could send the price

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Fintechs Accounted for Over 30% of Tracked Kenyan Tech Startups in 2022 — Study – Fintech Bitcoin News

As of November 2022, Kenyan fintechs accounted for 30.2% or 93 out of the 308 tracked tech startups, a Disrupt Africa study recently found. In addition, the study findings show that the fintech sub-sector alone accounted for 3,100 or 27% of the 11,462 people that were employed by tech startups

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