Cointelegraph

⁠State-backed digital currencies are widely discussed among many countries worldwide, from China to Tunisia. Here are some major examples of CBDCs from different parts of the world

⁠Digital currency and transactions platform Algorand raises $60 million in recent token sale

⁠MetLife subsidiary LumenLab is using blockchain technology to automate life insurance claims

​​A crypto exchange says it has formed strategic partnerships with a plethora of companies to expand the ways its community can use their assets #SPONSORED

⁠Bitcoin is trading above $9,100 threshold, while most of the top 20 coins by market cap are trading sideways

⁠Visa joins the ranks of mainstream payment giants creating blockchain-powered settlements infrastructure for cross-border transactions among institutional clients

⁠Web server security service company Cloudflare has launched an Ethereum gateway

⁠$8 million from institutional investors have been raised in its Series A funding round by Ethereum-based decentralized video streaming startup Livepeer

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⁠Russian parliament will adopt the country’s major crypto bill, “On Digital Financial Assets,” in the next two weeks, according to the deputy finance minister

⁠A cryptocurrency auditing software solution has been released by Big Four auditing firm PwC

⁠Bitcoin could easily reach new highs, according to Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee

⁠Facebook’s crypto has potential, according to the Bank of England governor

⁠Global legislators have voiced their support for a June summit in Japan, which will discuss industry responses to forthcoming crypto sector guidance from the FATF

⁠Eos developer Block.one has paid $30 million in cash to purchase the voice.com domain name for its new blockchain-based social media, called “Voice”

⁠According to a new LinkedIn report, the Asia Pacific region is seeing a surge in the demand for blockchain, AI and other skills

⁠Securitize — a compliance platform and protocol for token issuers — is partnering with the Japan Security Token Association to promote digital securities adoption in the country

⁠Bancor is bowing to unclear regulatory forces in the U.S. by blocking trading for local users starting in July

⁠Euroclear, one of the world’s largest securities depositories, says it will push forward with building a pilot blockchain-based platform for the issuance and settlement of ECPs

⁠TRON says new version of MainNet will feature a check on bad actors and a more lightweight event server for DApp developers

⁠Chair of House Financial Services Committee requests moratorium on development of Facebook’s Project Libra

⁠IBM announces its multicloud-updated Blockchain Platform, supporting deployment across diverse networks

⁠A bitcoin exchange in Brazil is being sued for retaining funds against request, citing ongoing attacks against the exchange since May as root of issue

⁠Italy’s banks plan to integrate DLT into internal processes to improve transparency and efficiency

⁠The world’s 7th biggest bank, HSBC, uses tokenization tech in its account receivable infrastructure for corporate clients in India

⁠The Litecoin Foundation, Bibox Exchange and Ternio will jointly roll out a physical cryptocurrency debit card

⁠Executives from Digital Asset, ISDA, UBS, and Barclays discussed further development of enterprise-grade versions of blockchain technology

Facebook's Libra will distance itself from BTC and have deals with traditional banks and authorities, said head of blockchain at Facebook. So, what do you think, guys? Is this the end of decentralization? Yes 👍 No 🙅‍♂️…

⁠French Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire has raised concerns about Facebook’s forthcoming stablecoin

⁠Libra Project will distance itself from Bitcoin and will share information with authorities, said Facebook’s head of blockchain David Marcus