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Huawei’s HarmonyOS Next Reportedly Gains Support for China’s Digital Yuan
Huawei’s HarmonyOS Next now reportedly offers support for China’s e-CNY CBDC. The aim here is to drive widespread adoption of the digital currency. As one of China’s leading smartphone brands, Huawei reportedly serves nearly a billion users, potentially enabling broad access to the e-CNY and accelerating its reach to the masses.
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RBI Governor Highlights Need for Faster Remittance Settlements Amid Advancing eRupee Trials
Speaking about the eRupee CBDC, RBI Governer Shaktikanta Das emphasised that it plays a key role in India's "world-class digital public infrastructure" (DPI), which has enabled the creation of various digital financial products. He highlighted that developing protocols like the eRupee is essential for enabling real-time, cost-effective cross-border...
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Global Bank Messaging Network SWIFT to Trial Live Digital Currency Transactions in 2025
SWIFT will trial live transactions of tokenised assets and digital currencies next year. Banks and asset managers hope that by using digital units - usually blockchain-based tokens that represent a share of the underlying asset - trading can be quicker, cheaper and more efficient, including by cutting out middlemen involved in many transactions.
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Hong Kong's HKMA to Upgrade e-HKD CBDC With Programmability, Offline Payment Features Similar to eRupee
Hong Kong is officially launching its e-HKD CBDC into its second, extended trial phase. the HKMA plans to equip the e-HKD CBDC with programmability and offline payments features. Another CBDC use case that Hong Kong is zealously exploring, is its use for tokenised deposits.
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What is the ‘REDI’ Framework for CBDC Adoption Suggested by IMF
The IMF's REDI framework—comprising regulation, education, design and deployment, and incentives—highlights the importance of fostering awareness and understanding of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). In alignment with insights from global financial experts, an IMF report emphasizes that enhancing knowledge about CBDCs is essential for p...
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Central Bank Digital Currency Momentum Shows Growth, Study Shows
The research by the US-based Atlantic Council think-tank published on Tuesday showed that all G20 nations are now looking into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as they are known and that 44 countries in total are piloting them. That is up from 36 a year ago and is part of a global push by authorities to respond to declining cash usage and th...
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RBI's CBDC Yet Another Step in Taking Indian Payments Ahead, JPMorgan Blockchain Head Says
RBI's approach towards exploring the inclusion of the eRupee into the existing financial system has garnered applaud from Maveen Mallela, the global co-head of JPMorgan’s blockchain and digital currency unit called ‘Onyx’. The CBDCs is yet another step in taking Indian payments ahead, he said.
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eRupee CBDC Has Amassed 5 Million Users in Retail Pilot, Set for More Programmability: RBI Governor
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das claimed on Monday that in its pilot stage, the eRupee had managed to amass five million users. Das was speaking at a conference in Bengaluru.
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Web3 Industry Touts Benefits of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain Technology on National Fintech Day
The fintech sector in India reached an important milestone with the launch of UPI payments in April 2016. As the fintech sector matures, Web3 technologies like cryptocurrencies and blockchain have also started to make small but notable strides in recent years.
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India Has No Proposal to Regulate Sale, Purchase of Crypto Anytime Soon: MoS Finance
The government of India will be taking some more time in following other regions like the EU and the UAE in presenting a detailed crypto rulebook. As per Chaudhary, all of the G20 nations are currently in a phase where they are expected to analyse the pros and cons that crypto could bring.
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Google Pay, PhonePe Other Payment Firms Seek to Join RBI's CBDC Pilot, Said to Offer eRupee Transactions
The RBI has started onboarding UPI platforms like Google Pay and PhonePe to the advanced trials of the eRupee CBDC. Payment firms are working closely with the RBI and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the domestic payments authority, and are expected to roll out access to e-rupee over the next three-to-four months
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Dubai-Based ByBit Adds Support for eRupee CBDC Following Feedback from Indian Merchants
ByBit, the crypto exchange based in Dubai, said it has received multiple requests from Indian merchants urging support for eRupee transactions. This eRupee feature for ByBit’s P2P transactions will let merchants accept payments in the form of the eRupee, reducing the risk of their bank accounts being targeted by cybercriminals.
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RBI Sees CBDC as Means to Internationalise Indian Rupee, Improve Cross Border Transactions
Built like crypto but regulated by the RBI, India's eRupee CBDC is currently under its advanced trial phase. The country’s apex bank, at this point, is looking at the eRupee to become a tool to improve India’s cross border transactions and take the INR to an international level.
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BWA Anticipates Tax Revisions Before Union Budget, Commends Indian Firms Embracing Web3
Ahead of India’s upcoming Union Budget for FY2024-2025, Dilip Chenoy, the chairperson of this Web3 advisory body, said that the industry is ready to be patient and give the government enough time to access the results of imposing crypto taxes. This period of wait however, has concerned the BWA about the exodus of Web3 talent from India.
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eRupee Sees Drop in Activity as Banks Pull Back on Promotion Efforts: Report
The CBDC transactions that had hit the mark of one million transactions per day in December 2023, has dropped to just around 100,000 daily transactions. In a report citing official sources familiar with the matter, Reuters claimed that a lack of organic demand to use the eRupee is evident.
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Huawei’s HarmonyOS Next Reportedly Gains Support for China’s Digital Yuan
Huawei’s HarmonyOS Next now reportedly offers support for China’s e-CNY CBDC. The aim here is to drive widespread adoption of the digital currency. As one of China’s leading smartphone brands, Huawei reportedly serves nearly a billion users, potentially enabling broad access to the e-CNY and accelerating its reach to the masses.
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RBI Governor Highlights Need for Faster Remittance Settlements Amid Advancing eRupee Trials
Speaking about the eRupee CBDC, RBI Governer Shaktikanta Das emphasised that it plays a key role in India's "world-class digital public infrastructure" (DPI), which has enabled the creation of various digital financial products. He highlighted that developing protocols like the eRupee is essential for enabling real-time, cost-effective cross-border...
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Global Bank Messaging Network SWIFT to Trial Live Digital Currency Transactions in 2025
SWIFT will trial live transactions of tokenised assets and digital currencies next year. Banks and asset managers hope that by using digital units - usually blockchain-based tokens that represent a share of the underlying asset - trading can be quicker, cheaper and more efficient, including by cutting out middlemen involved in many transactions.
-
Hong Kong's HKMA to Upgrade e-HKD CBDC With Programmability, Offline Payment Features Similar to eRupee
Hong Kong is officially launching its e-HKD CBDC into its second, extended trial phase. the HKMA plans to equip the e-HKD CBDC with programmability and offline payments features. Another CBDC use case that Hong Kong is zealously exploring, is its use for tokenised deposits.
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What is the ‘REDI’ Framework for CBDC Adoption Suggested by IMF
The IMF's REDI framework—comprising regulation, education, design and deployment, and incentives—highlights the importance of fostering awareness and understanding of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). In alignment with insights from global financial experts, an IMF report emphasizes that enhancing knowledge about CBDCs is essential for p...
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Central Bank Digital Currency Momentum Shows Growth, Study Shows
The research by the US-based Atlantic Council think-tank published on Tuesday showed that all G20 nations are now looking into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as they are known and that 44 countries in total are piloting them. That is up from 36 a year ago and is part of a global push by authorities to respond to declining cash usage and th...
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RBI's CBDC Yet Another Step in Taking Indian Payments Ahead, JPMorgan Blockchain Head Says
RBI's approach towards exploring the inclusion of the eRupee into the existing financial system has garnered applaud from Maveen Mallela, the global co-head of JPMorgan’s blockchain and digital currency unit called ‘Onyx’. The CBDCs is yet another step in taking Indian payments ahead, he said.
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eRupee CBDC Has Amassed 5 Million Users in Retail Pilot, Set for More Programmability: RBI Governor
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das claimed on Monday that in its pilot stage, the eRupee had managed to amass five million users. Das was speaking at a conference in Bengaluru.
-
Web3 Industry Touts Benefits of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain Technology on National Fintech Day
The fintech sector in India reached an important milestone with the launch of UPI payments in April 2016. As the fintech sector matures, Web3 technologies like cryptocurrencies and blockchain have also started to make small but notable strides in recent years.
-
India Has No Proposal to Regulate Sale, Purchase of Crypto Anytime Soon: MoS Finance
The government of India will be taking some more time in following other regions like the EU and the UAE in presenting a detailed crypto rulebook. As per Chaudhary, all of the G20 nations are currently in a phase where they are expected to analyse the pros and cons that crypto could bring.
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Google Pay, PhonePe Other Payment Firms Seek to Join RBI's CBDC Pilot, Said to Offer eRupee Transactions
The RBI has started onboarding UPI platforms like Google Pay and PhonePe to the advanced trials of the eRupee CBDC. Payment firms are working closely with the RBI and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the domestic payments authority, and are expected to roll out access to e-rupee over the next three-to-four months
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Dubai-Based ByBit Adds Support for eRupee CBDC Following Feedback from Indian Merchants
ByBit, the crypto exchange based in Dubai, said it has received multiple requests from Indian merchants urging support for eRupee transactions. This eRupee feature for ByBit’s P2P transactions will let merchants accept payments in the form of the eRupee, reducing the risk of their bank accounts being targeted by cybercriminals.
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RBI Sees CBDC as Means to Internationalise Indian Rupee, Improve Cross Border Transactions
Built like crypto but regulated by the RBI, India's eRupee CBDC is currently under its advanced trial phase. The country’s apex bank, at this point, is looking at the eRupee to become a tool to improve India’s cross border transactions and take the INR to an international level.
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BWA Anticipates Tax Revisions Before Union Budget, Commends Indian Firms Embracing Web3
Ahead of India’s upcoming Union Budget for FY2024-2025, Dilip Chenoy, the chairperson of this Web3 advisory body, said that the industry is ready to be patient and give the government enough time to access the results of imposing crypto taxes. This period of wait however, has concerned the BWA about the exodus of Web3 talent from India.
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eRupee Sees Drop in Activity as Banks Pull Back on Promotion Efforts: Report
The CBDC transactions that had hit the mark of one million transactions per day in December 2023, has dropped to just around 100,000 daily transactions. In a report citing official sources familiar with the matter, Reuters claimed that a lack of organic demand to use the eRupee is evident.
