OPay Receives Approval from CBE to Issue Prepaid Cards

OPay, an emerging financial technology company, today confirmed that it received preliminary approval from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on 13 April for the issuance of prepaid cards. The fintech fi...

Layer by Layer Issue 28: NEAR, Cosmos, and Solana

April 14, 2022, 7:48AM EDT • 17 min read Quick Take In this weekly series, we dive into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 1 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and bridge...

Emirates Airline Plans To Issue NFTs In Web3 Push

Emirates, the United Arab Emirates’ biggest airline, said on Thursday it plans to launch collectible and utility-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aimed at improving customer interaction and revenues. ...

KredX and ICICI Bank Issue Cash Back Card for B2B Payments

KredX partnered with ICICI Bank, to begin offering commercial card for B2B payments. The commercial card cash back provides businesses with the ability to instantly collect monetary rewards for B2B pa...

Russia Is Looking to Issue Its Own Cryptocurrency

Following its recent invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been cut out of many of the world’s dealings and financial platforms. The nation has decided to take matters into its own hands and is now playing ...

SEC Grants Two New Applicants Rights To Issue Bitcoin Futures ETFs

The number of Bitcoin futures exchange-traded funds trading in the US is about to increase to four.  The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given NYSE Arca and Teucrium approval to issue ...

Taro, Issue & Send Any Asset Through Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Do We Need It?

The Taro protocol is the first big announcement to come out of the Bitcoin 2022 conference. With “bitcoinizing the dollar” as its target and Lightning Labs behind it, the news blew up in Bitcoin-Twitt...

Janet Yellen to issue her first crypto speech on Thursday

The US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, is expected to give her first official speech about the policies and regulations of the cryptocurrency sector. The speech is slated for Thursday, 10:30 AM ET. ...

UK Treasury outlines plan to regulate stablecoins and issue an NFT

The UK’s chancellor Rishi Sunak set out plans on Monday to regulate stablecoins and issue an NFT as part of a bid to position the UK as a crypto-friendly tech hub. The moves would see stablecoin...

sale of issue with SeerLight on the cover

The NFT Magazine, a project created by The Cryptonomist and ArtRights, has reached its sixth issue, now on sale on OpenSea at 0.05 ETH with a cover artwork by artist SeerLight. SeerLight is well known...

ADA Going Mainstream With Stellar Growth As Snoop Dogg Readies To Issue Cardano NFTs ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg turns to the Cardano ecosystem to launch his new NFT collectibles. The rapper will partner with Clay Nation to give fans ...

Bored Ape Yacht Club Handles Discord Issue, Captcha Bot Reportedly Compromised

It’s April 1st – a day celebrated internationally by people who make practical jokes and have fun. In previous years, we’ve always dedicated a piece on something fun and whimsical to brighten the mood...

Copper Tightness ‘Is Far Beyond a Price Issue,’ Freeport CEO Says

(Bloomberg) — Freeport-McMoRan Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. share a bullish outlook for copper. They appear to diverge, however, on how much of an impact higher prices would have on supply ...

Ted Cruz introduces companion to Emmer‘s bill to exclude Fed retail CBDC issue

Texas Senator Ted Cruz introduced companion legislation into the United States Senate on Wednesday for Minnesota Representative Tom Emmer’s bill that prohibits the Federal Reserve from issuing central...

‘No Plan to Issue CBDC’ — Bank of Japan Governor – Featured Bitcoin News

Haruhiko Kuroda, the governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), has said the bank is currently not planning to launch a digital currency. The remarks come just a few days after the BOJ announced the commenc...

Layer by Layer Issue 26: Solana, NEAR, and Polkadot

March 31, 2022, 8:37AM EDT • 21 min read Quick Take In this weekly series, we dive into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 1 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and bridge...

The New York Jets’ Ongoing Mekhi Becton Problem Stems From A Previous Sunk-Cost Issue

Jets left tackle Mekhi Becton is helped off the field with a knee injury during the third quarter of … [+] last year’s season opener. It is still unclear when he will play or practice agai...

Polygon Blockchain Leveraged by Indian State to Issue 65,000 Caste Certificates

Tomiwabold Olajide Over 65,000 caste certificates have been issued on the Polygon network by the Maharashrta government As shared on Polygon’s official Twitter handle, over 65,000 caste certific...

Spot Bitcoin ETF: This firm is considering legal recourse against SEC over the issue

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ongoing lawsuit with Ripple Labs had waged on since December 2021, although there has been no definitive outcome as of yet. Now, another player in the d...

Indian state gov’t uses Polygon to issue verifiable caste certificates

The Government of Maharashtra, one of India’s state governments, has started issuing caste certificates over the Polygon blockchain to citizens residing in Etapalli village, Gadchiroli district,...

South Korea’s IT, SK Square, giant to issue own cryptocurrency –

SK Square, the information technology investment arm of South Korean megacorporation SK Network, is planning to introduce a cryptocurrency this year to connect its group of information and communicati...

El Salvador is ready to issue its first bitcoin bond 

El Salvador’s finance minister believes the country is “ready” to issue its first bitcoin bond, but that the time is not yet right. The official launch The Central American country h...

South Korean Investment Giant SK to Issue Crypto to Be Used in Its Own Metaverse: Report

Yuri Molchan Major South Korean company intends to release its own cryptocurrency after investing in local top-tier exchange The investment arm of South Korea-based SK Group, SK Square, is working on ...

Bitcoin improvement proposal: Learn what is the issue faced by users When Paying Invoices

One of the more illuminating talks at the Bitcoin Takeover event held at the Bitcoin Commons in Austin last Friday was a panel discussion moderated by Matt Odell about issues of connectivity between L...

South Korean Financial Giant SK Group To Issue Its Own Cryptocurrency

SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, said it will issue its own cryptocurrency through the firm’s investment arm, SK Square. SK Square is also preparing a blockchain service for its par...

El Salvador’s finance minister says the country is ready to issue a bitcoin bond, but the launch date remains unclear

advertisement El Salvador’s finance minister says the country is “ready” to issue its first so-called bitcoin bond, but still waiting for the right moment to do so. The Central American country previo...

Qatar makes plans to launch a CBDC and issue digital bank licenses

Qatar plans to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and digital bank licenses. Qatar will be joining the list of countries exploring CBDCs and how they can be used to transform the financial s...

the sixth issue with SeerLight- The Cryptonomist

The NFT Magazine, a project created by The Cryptonomist and ArtRights, is getting ready for its sixth issue, on sale on OpenSea from April 2nd. This sixth issue features an NFT on the cover created by...

Qatar Plans to Issue Digital Bank Licenses and Explore a CBDC: Report

Qatar’s central bank plans to digitalize most of its products, including studying and potentially developing and launching a CBDC. One of the other directives from the institution involves issuing dig...

GOOD NEWS:  Sberbank will now be able to issue assets after getting a License from Russia’s Central Bank 

The lender said that it had received approval for a license that would allow businesses to start issuing digital assets using its distributed ledger technology platform. Following US economic sanction...

Vitalik Buterin Features on 1st Ever NFT Issue of Time Magazine –

Time magazine has delivered its very first full magazine issue as a NFT Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin included on the front of the NFT issue of Time magazine Vitalik examined the future of crypto includi...

Vitalik Buterin makes it to the cover of Time Magazine’s NFT issue

Time Magazine has unveiled its first full magazine issue that will be launched as a non-fungible token (NFT). Time Magazine will be the first news publication company to release an issue using blockch...