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UNHCR Launches Blockchain Payment Solution to Support Ukrainians Displaced by War

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently said it has launched a blockchain payment solution for digital cash distribution to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine. According to the agency, the use of the blockchain-based cash distribution system ensures…

Poročilo: Chinese Company Launches Digital Currency Insurance Product

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The Suzhou branch of the Chinese insurance company China Pacific Insurance, together with the Bank of Communications, recently announced the launch of a digital currency account insurance product. The launch comes at a time when the number of personal digital currency…

RBI Begins First Retail Digital Rupee Pilot in 13 Indian Cities With 8 Banks

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India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is launching its first retail digital rupee pilot on Dec. 1 with the participation of eight banks. The pilot will start in four cities and then expand to cover nine more cities…

China to Expand Digital Yuan Testing in Pilot Cities to Provincial Level

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Kitajska’s central bank intends to enlarge the area covered by trials of its digital yuan currency in four regions of the country. A top representative of the monetary authority announced the move while highlighting that the People’s Bank has been stepping…

Nepal se pripravlja na izdajo digitalne valute, Osnutki potrebnih sprememb

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A task force in Nepal has proposed legal changes allowing the country’s central bank to issue its own digital currency. The move comes after a study indicated that such an initiative is feasible and recommended certain provisions that would authorize the…

China’s Central Bank Digital Currency Now Has 261 Million Users — $14 Billion in Digital Yuan Transactions Made

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Kitajska’s central bank digital currency now has 261 million unique users, according to an official of the central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). Nadalje, transactions worth 87.5 billion yuan ($13.78 milijarde) have been made using the digital yuan and…