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Report: Central Bank Gold Demand Surges in July Amid Rising Prices
3.9.2024
Central banks globally continued to bolster their gold reserves in July, despite an increase in gold prices, according to a report by Krishan Gopaul, senior analyst, EMEA at the World Gold Council. The report highlights a 206% increase in net gold purchases compared to the previous month, driven...
CBDC Interest Climbs Steadily Over Five Years, Google Trends Data Shows
15.6.2024
Google Trends data reveals a consistent increase in search interest for “CBDC,” which stands for central bank digital currency, over the past five years. The term has maintained a score above 20 since August 2022, on a scale of 1 to 100, where 100 signifies peak interest. CBDCs...
Tokenizing money is the ‘greatest innovation’ after fiat — Tether co-founder
9.5.2024
Stablecoins like Tether do not offer interest yields right now, but with tokenized fiat, that could be possible one day, co-founder William Quigley said
Stablecoins provide promising possibilities in global finance
9.5.2024
A leading international asset manager predicts that the stablecoin market will grow to $3 trillion in the next four years, a 22-fold increase from its current size. To understand this growth better, one needs to first understand how stablecoins fit in the financial markets. This will cover...
Huma and Arf merge, set to revolutionize global finance with blockchain
18.4.2024
The merger of Huma Finance and Arf, two cutting-edge blockchain financial services platforms, was officially announced recently. This breakthrough indicates a major step in pursuing their joint mission of reshaping global economic exchange. These collaborations will significantly improve...
FSB Reveals 2024 Roadmap for Crypto Regulations and Cross-Border Payments
25.1.2024
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has released its 2024 roadmap with plans to steer crypto regulations, cross-border payments, and broader issues in global finance. The international financial body created by the G20 revealed its plans for the current year. The main focus revolves around...
Michael Howell Predicts Continued Surge in Global Liquidity Benefiting Stocks, Gold, and Crypto
23.1.2024
Crossborder Capital’s Michael Howell, a veteran in global finance, offered a liquidity-based view on the current state of the economy. He challenged the prevailing narrative of monetary tightening with evidence of a rise in liquidity, which in turn should uplift stocks, gold, and cryptocurrencies....
Russian President Vladimir Putin Criticizes the ‘Use of the Dollar as a Political Weapon’
29.7.2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has railed against using the dollar as a political weapon in a meeting with the New Development Bank’s president, Dilma Rousseff. Putin stated that this weaponization and the recent developments in global finance complicated the institution’s growth...
Bitcoin ETFs Can Boost ‘Overall Reputation of Certain Cryptocurrencies’ — Brighty App Co-Founder
16.7.2023
According to Nikolay Denisenko, the co-founder and CTO of the financial and earning application Brighty App, the digital version of the pound sterling can be a bridge that enables “easy conversions between different types of crypto, stablecoins, and digital currencies.” Furthermore,...
BRICS Nations ‘Coalescing Against the Dollar,’ Major Banks Predict More Fed Hikes, Bitcoin Records Large Blocks as Ordinals Gain Currency
26.2.2023
In spite of turbulence in traditional global finance, with BRICS nations said to be pushing for de-dollarization and major banks like Bank of America and Goldman Sachs predicting further interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve, creativity in crypto has found a new boon in the form...
Blurring the line between crypto and TradFi could redefine global finance
21.9.2022
The merging of crypto and TradFi is inevitable, with the latter potentially mitigating the volatility permeating the digital asset industry
This Is Why TradFi Will Integrate DeFi into Global Finance
2.2.2022
Hisham Khan is the Co-founder and CEO of Aldrin, a developer of a DeFi ecosystem.
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Coercion and coexistence: How El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law may change global finance
20.7.2021
Redefining the Future of Global Finance with DeFi
5.3.2021
Eddy Travia is the CEO of Coinsilium, a focused blockchain, DeFi, and crypto finance venture operator.
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Decentralized, peer-to-peer, and borderless, digital assets and open networks offer a promising alternative to the way money and value has traditionally been transacted — but what is...
Central bank digital currencies have the power to upend global finance
26.10.2020
Central bank digital currencies will fundamentally change our conceptions of money and its uses
Beijing sees digital currencies as ‘new battlefield’ in global finance
21.9.2020
China's central bank aims to challenge the global financial status quo
Global Finance Leaders Citi, Bpifrance, Fidelity to Join DAS: London on February 10
16.1.2020
New York, January 07, 2020 — Today, BlockWorks Group (BWG) announced that on February 10, it would be convening Digital Asset Summit (DAS): London, the first institutionally-focused digital asset conference to take place in London. A follow-up to BWG’s sold out DAS: Markets conference in New York...
China Issues Digital Currency Guide for Party Cadres
14.1.2020
Understanding a complex subject should be easier with access to educational materials. With blockchain and CBDC now part of Beijing’s political vocabulary, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has issued a guide to digital currencies meant to prepare party officials for upcoming changes in...
Stablecoin Crisis Could Wreck Global Finance, Fed Warns in New Report
15.11.2019
The Fed warned that a stablecoin crisis could wreak havoc on the global economy and outlined the steps issuers must take to protect the status quo.
Global Finance Magazine Names Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) as “Safest Bank in Iraq”
4.11.2019
When it comes to accolades in finance and banking, then there are very few that can match up to those provided by the influential Global Finance magazine. In a new development, a magazine named the Trade Bank of Iraq as the safest bank in the country, and the verdict was reached in the exclusive...