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Mastercard Highlights Difficulty in Wide Adoption of CBDCs

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Mastercard’s blockchain and digital assets lead for Asia-Pacific, Ashok Venkateswaran, has expressed skepticism about the wide adoption of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). This comes as countries globally explore CBDCs, with only 11 having adopted them, 53 in advanced planning stages, and 46 researching the topic as of June, according to data from the Atlantic […]

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Chainalysis Highlights Flawed Analysis in Assessing Crypto’s Role in Terror Financing

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Source: Adobe / Catalin Pop Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has raised concerns over the accuracy of recent reports regarding the extent of cryptocurrency’s role in terrorist financing. Following the recent Hamas attack in Israel, there has been increased scrutiny of how terrorist groups might be utilizing cryptocurrency for their funding. Chainalysis acknowledges that while terrorism

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