Customers of the U.K. bank Standard Chartered will have access to digital yuan (e-CNY) transactions. The bank also plans to test cross-border merchant payments, trade financing, and supply chain finance…

Singapore’s central bank will start settling payments between commercial banks using the digital Singapore dollar (CBDC) next year. Ravi Menon, Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), said…

Cryptocurrencies take second place in the ranking of preferred investment assets among French adults. The top ten financial instruments among local investors also include non-fungible tokens (NFT). According to a…

Australian authorities have tightened the tax regime for local users of decentralized finance (DeFi), introducing capital gains tax (CGT) on wrapped tokens. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has published updated…

DZ Bank has launched a blockchain platform that will allow institutional clients to access tokenized securities and other digital assets. DZ Bank, Germany’s third largest financial conglomerate, has announced the…

The pilot project of Switzerland’s wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) is entering a new phase where the instrument will be tested with six local commercial banks in securities transactions….

Visa has completed pilot testing of tokenized deposits using Hong Kong’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) with the participation of local commercial banks. The initiative has demonstrated the potential of…

Crypto exchange PancakeSwap has partnered with decentralized finance protocol Bril Finance to launch Position Manager, a feature that allows users to deposit tokens into liquidity-providing vaults and earn rewards. The…

The younger generation of Americans believes that inflation and the outdated U.S. financial system make the “American dream” out of reach, so they’re more and more looking at cryptocurrencies and…