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The Innovation Hub of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) launched its latest project to explore the use of automated market makers to facilitate foreign exchange markets and CBDC payments.
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Kazakhstan inked a deal with Binance to launch its Digital Tenge on the BNB Chain.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority published a report to announce its CBDC project, mBridge's key accomplishments, use cases, and areas of improvement.
In the budget papers released on Oct. 25, the Australian government clarified that all cryptocurrency investors will be subject to a crypto gains tax on profits they made through selling or trading through a centralized exchange.
Rishi Sunak said embracing cryptocurrency and blockchain can improve lives. Yet his promotion of CBDCs has cast doubt on where his allegiances lie.
Japan Credit Bureau announced it will start the “JCBDC“ pilot project to test contactless credit-card based settlement solutions for general use retail CBDC despite the central banks' cancellation of its CBDC project.
The main reason behind the proposal is to reduce the region's reliance on the US dollar.
The RBI released a concept paper that outlined its motivation, design choices, and technological considerations for the pilot phase of the CBDC project.
SWIFT Chief Innovation Officer Tom Zschach said that the innovation could help address CBDC's need for interoperability with the existing financial system.
