If your country has adopted a CBDC, you might be suffering
New research indicates that in countries where central bank digital currencies have been adopted or are under consideration, well-being is low.
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The Chinese central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), has opened four positions for crypto-related professionals, according to a document published Wednesday, Oct. 10 on the bank’s website.Per the paper, PBoC is seeking two engineers at their Digital Money Institute with experience in blockchain and cryptography, security, and chip design. The bank wants the…

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Riverlane’s error-correction chips could do for quantum computing what Nvidia’s GPUs did for artificial intelligence.

Binance co-founder CZ free — What’s next and what it means for crypto
After four months in jail and social media discretion, CZ is free. What’s next for the former crypto titan who led Binance to the top?

Developer Predicts Litecoin Mimblewimble Testnet Launch by September
On March 1, David Burkett, a developer working on cryptocurrencies Grin (GRIN) and Litecoin (LTC), estimated that privacy protocol Mimblewimble will see a Litecoin testnet release before the end of summer.In an update to the Mimblewimble (MW) progress thread on Litecointalk.io, Burkett hesitantly predicts that MW will be launched on testnet before September.“I’ve so far…

Conglomerates’ Deep Pockets Continue Blockchain Growth in South Korea Despite Crypto Ban
Unlike in other countries, where startups are at the heart of blockchain development, the South Korean blockchain landscape has “chaebols,” large, family-owned business conglomerates in Korea, at its heart. Just about every month, reports and announcements of large South Korean companies — including Samsung, Naver and NHN, just to name a few — entering into…

Hong Kong Unveils New Rules for Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Today, Hong Kong’s financial regulator — the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) — has published a new set of regulations for Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency exchanges. The initial announcement, reported by Reuters, was made by Chief Executive Ashley Alder at a local fintech event on Nov. 6. Regulatory clarity for crypto exchangesThe new requirements detail how…

All hail the Shiba? Rise of Dogecoin pretenders fueled by meme frenzy
Shiba Inu (SHIB) has been the talk of the cryptoverse and mainstream media recently. It is a meme coin themed around the Shibu Inu dog, a Japanese dog breed that Dogecoin (DOGE) is also basing its image on. According to data from CoinMarketCap, SHIB hit its all-time high of $0.0000388 on May 10 after it…