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‘No single digital currency will dominate the world’ Bank of Japan now says

There appears to be a disagreement within the top echelons of Japan’s government on the threat that China’s CBDC poses to the nation. Just last week, Kenji Okamura, vice-finance minister for Japan’s international affairs voiced concerns over its neighbor’s efforts in the space, stating “first-mover advantage is something we should

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IMF, World Bank, G20 Countries to Create Central Bank Digital Currency Rules

International financial authorities and 20 of the world’s largest economies are establishing official standards for regulating and issuing sovereign digital currencies.The Group of Twenty (G20) — an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 19 countries and the European Union — said in a report today that

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China leads world in blockchain patent filings, but how much of it is real?

China led the world in blockchain patent filings in 2019, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization, by filing 58,990 applications versus 57,840 patent applications in second-place U.S. When it comes to blockchain technology, China also outwardly seems to be a leader. According to the China National Intellectual Property Administration,

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Venezuela trials ‘decentralized stock exchange’ that’s open to the world

Venezuela’s National Securities Superintendency has given the go-ahead for a 90-day pilot of a crypto-powered “decentralized stock exchange” in the country that aims to have a global reach despite international sanctions. Cryptox Espanol reports that news of the Decentralized Stock Exchange of Venezuela’s authorization to operate was published in the country’s

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