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The Academy of Blockchain and AI Innovation (ABAII) was recently launched in Vietnam to educate tech students on the potential use cases of blockchain and AI in sectors like banking, data analysis, as well as digital economy and finance. Vietnam is ramping up efforts to join other Asian nations like India, Japan, China, and South Korea in exploring...

Kazuo Ueda, the governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has backed the emergence of a national CBDC saying that it could facilitate faster payments of bigger denominations among noting other potential benefits.

The RBI managed to see transactions worth Rs. 5.70 crore processed via the eRupee CBDC during the first four months of retail trials. The information comes just days after the RBI told the media that the eRupee CBDC is to be loaded with features supporting features for offline payments and programmability.

The Reserve Bank on Thursday said the internationalization of the unified payments interface (UPI) system is a work in progress as it works towards linking it with more and more overseas counterparts, including some in the West and Japan.

The RBI, in order to accelerate number of CBDC transactions, is reportedly giving targets to banks to facilitate a minimum number of transactions in the form of the eRupee. Under RBI’s directions, Indian banks will now do their bit to ensure that select users get to process eRupee transactions for daily purchases.

The Bank of Japan on Thursday kicked off a series of discussions with 60 companies on a pilot programme for developing a digital yen, joining peers around the globe ramping up efforts towards issuing digital versions of their currencies for retail use. The discussions will touch on various themes including the business and technological features of...

Coinbase will be ramping up Web3 initiatives in the UK in the coming days. A total of nine steps have been listed by Coinbase on how more Web3 initiatives could decide UK as the epicentre of their activities. These steps include having British banks collaborate with crypto projects and making blockchain a part of government activities.

Japan is stepping up efforts toward issuing a digital yen with the creation of a government advisory panel and the launch of a pilot programme, joining a growing number of countries exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The finance ministry is said to set up a panel of experts as early as April to discuss the feasibility of issuing a di...

A special drive will be launched Monday by the Fed and the central banks of Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, the European Union and Switzerland.

On Tuesday, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.5% in early trade, with financials in Australia dragging the most.

Japan will be launching its digital currency for pilot test next month in April. Private companies will be onboarded by the BoJ to be participants in the testing of the digital JPY. The focus is to analyse and justify the fundamentals of the proof-of-concept (PoC) for this CBDC, which has been under testing in Japan since April 2021.

The financial regulators of Japan have urged global regulatory bodies in finalising that the crypto sector should be treated just as traditional banks are, across the globe. As per the Japanese authorities, the crypto technology in itself is not to be blamed for risking the financial stability of crypto investors. Rather, it’s the lack of rules g...

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT), that started its CBDC trials earlier this year, has completed its first phase before the end of year 2022. Turkey’s CBDC is named the Digital Turkish Lira. The nation plans to continue the studies on the economic and legal framework around CBDCs next year.

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks reversed some of the sharp losses from earlier in the session to end only a touch lower on Tuesday.

The yen surged against the dollar on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan said it would review its yield curve control policy.

The Academy of Blockchain and AI Innovation (ABAII) was recently launched in Vietnam to educate tech students on the potential use cases of blockchain and AI in sectors like banking, data analysis, as well as digital economy and finance. Vietnam is ramping up efforts to join other Asian nations like India, Japan, China, and South Korea in exploring...

Kazuo Ueda, the governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has backed the emergence of a national CBDC saying that it could facilitate faster payments of bigger denominations among noting other potential benefits.

The RBI managed to see transactions worth Rs. 5.70 crore processed via the eRupee CBDC during the first four months of retail trials. The information comes just days after the RBI told the media that the eRupee CBDC is to be loaded with features supporting features for offline payments and programmability.

The Reserve Bank on Thursday said the internationalization of the unified payments interface (UPI) system is a work in progress as it works towards linking it with more and more overseas counterparts, including some in the West and Japan.

The RBI, in order to accelerate number of CBDC transactions, is reportedly giving targets to banks to facilitate a minimum number of transactions in the form of the eRupee. Under RBI’s directions, Indian banks will now do their bit to ensure that select users get to process eRupee transactions for daily purchases.

The Bank of Japan on Thursday kicked off a series of discussions with 60 companies on a pilot programme for developing a digital yen, joining peers around the globe ramping up efforts towards issuing digital versions of their currencies for retail use. The discussions will touch on various themes including the business and technological features of...

Coinbase will be ramping up Web3 initiatives in the UK in the coming days. A total of nine steps have been listed by Coinbase on how more Web3 initiatives could decide UK as the epicentre of their activities. These steps include having British banks collaborate with crypto projects and making blockchain a part of government activities.

Japan is stepping up efforts toward issuing a digital yen with the creation of a government advisory panel and the launch of a pilot programme, joining a growing number of countries exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The finance ministry is said to set up a panel of experts as early as April to discuss the feasibility of issuing a di...

A special drive will be launched Monday by the Fed and the central banks of Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, the European Union and Switzerland.

On Tuesday, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.5% in early trade, with financials in Australia dragging the most.

Japan will be launching its digital currency for pilot test next month in April. Private companies will be onboarded by the BoJ to be participants in the testing of the digital JPY. The focus is to analyse and justify the fundamentals of the proof-of-concept (PoC) for this CBDC, which has been under testing in Japan since April 2021.

The financial regulators of Japan have urged global regulatory bodies in finalising that the crypto sector should be treated just as traditional banks are, across the globe. As per the Japanese authorities, the crypto technology in itself is not to be blamed for risking the financial stability of crypto investors. Rather, it’s the lack of rules g...

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT), that started its CBDC trials earlier this year, has completed its first phase before the end of year 2022. Turkey’s CBDC is named the Digital Turkish Lira. The nation plans to continue the studies on the economic and legal framework around CBDCs next year.

Stock Market India: Equity benchmarks reversed some of the sharp losses from earlier in the session to end only a touch lower on Tuesday.

The yen surged against the dollar on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan said it would review its yield curve control policy.