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According to James Wallis, CBDCs will emerge as a cost-effective solution by facilitating financial services at a notably lower cost compared to traditional methods.

The philanthropist billionaire Bill Gates has swung from being a Bitcoin bear to staying neutral just when the BTC price is defying gravity, recently racing above $52.5k. Bill Gates now Neutral on Bitcoin, BTC/USD Firming above $50k Appearing on CNBC’s…

Huobi Chain, the blockchain created by the eponymous company, just went open source. The project, in collaboration with Nervos, will enable companies to launch their own blockchain network, tokenize assets or create decentralized financial services (DeFi). The news comes directly…

Xavier Niel, a French billionaire businessman active in the telecommunications and technology industry who is best known as the founder of the French Internet service provider Iliad, wrote an article for LesEchos expressing his support for the Facebook crypto project,…

African countries still have a considerable portion of the adult population that remain unbanked. Heidi Metz, the CEO and founder of payments startup Imani, is focusing on helping African citizens by providing them a blockchain-based, cheap mobile banking platform where…

The LGBT Foundation is looking to use the power of decentralization and blockchain-based money to strengthen the ever oppressed minority of gay people, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender humans. The Token Generation Event (TGE) scheduled for launch before the end of…

Buenos Aires-based Bitcoin payments service Ripio, formerly known as BitPagos, has secured $1.9 million in Series A funding. The South American startup plans to broaden its user base in its home country Argentina and neighboring Brazil, as well expand its…