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Central Bank Digital Currency, or e-HKD, Could Add Unique Value, but Further Investigation Is Needed, HKMA Says

The report said the pilot found that an e-HKD could add value in three main areas – programmability, tokenization and atomic settlement – with the potential to facilitate faster, more cost-efficient and more inclusive transactions. However, the program's 14 pilots with 16 participating firms were conducted on a small scale

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Crypto P2P scams in India show digital asset education is needed

Peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency trading has been a staple of the cryptocurrency community since the industry’s early days. P2P trading refers to the direct exchange of cryptocurrencies between two users without the involvement of intermediaries. P2P exchanges link buyers and sellers while also adding an extra degree of security through an escrow

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Crypto Exchange KuCoin to ‘Adjust Some Personnel as Needed’, but Denies Report of Major Layoffs

In a statement to CoinDesk, a spokesperson for KuCoin said that the company has “not initiated any alleged layoff plans.” However, the spokesperson said that “as part of the company's business development and semi-annual employee performance review, there might be some personnel adjustments as needed, which is a normal process

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Federal Regulators Are Needed for Crypto Oversight: U.S. GAO

Major U.S. financial regulators - the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve System, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) -

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Clarity needed on crypto lending regulations — UK Law Commission

A lawyer leading the United Kingdom’s Law Commission’s review of the application of British laws toward digital assets has stressed the need for further clarity around cryptocurrency lending.Laura Burgoyne unpacked the details of the organization’s four major recommendations to the U.K. government in an interview with Cryptox. This comes after

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Crypto ‘regulatory approach isn’t needed now’ — New Zealand central bank

The New Zealand central bank is ramping up its monitoring of stablecoins and crypto-assets following public submissions, but has stopped short of calling for a “regulatory approach.”In a June 30 statement, Ian Woolford, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) director of money and cash said that the RBNZ agrees

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