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Blockchain - Jan 23, 2024 Binance Keeps Up the Heat on BNB Chain by Burning Tokens

Binance has reported another major token burn to kick off 2024. The BNB token has removed over 50% of its 100 million token target so far.

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Stablecoins - Jan 17, 2024 In the Race for Stablecoin Dominance, Tether has Been Untethered

Tether is winning the stablecoin race so far, making it not only the best blockchain use case, but also shaping the future of digital money.

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Stablecoins - Dec 16, 2023 Tether Goes from ‘Bad Boy’ to ‘Yes Man’ in Response to U.S. Lawmakers

Tether shows its commitment to U.S. policy compliance as USDT stablecoin‘s marketcap is at all-time high.

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CBDC - Dec 02, 2023 Solomon Islands Officially Joins CBDC Club with Proof of Concept Launch

The island nation moved to a pilot phase on its CBDC project together with FinTech firm Soramitsu. Bokolo Cash, the new digital currency, is intended to drive technological advancement and economic growth.

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Payment System - Nov 23, 2023 Cambodia’s Bakong Digital Currency Connects to China’s Alipay+ Network

Cambodia's CBDC-like Bakong payment system will allow users to access Alipay+ merchants and vice versa.

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Stablecoins - Nov 03, 2023 Tether 3rd Quarter Report: Are Stablecoins Becoming 'Cash Cows'?

The last three months of Tether's operations added nothing to its balance sheet, while declared profits were invested in other projects.

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Stablecoins - Oct 21, 2023 Lightning Labs Enables Stablecoin Creation on the Bitcoin Blockchain

The Bitcoin L2 developers have released the alpha version of the Taproot Asset protocol, which allows the building of stablecoins on top of the Bitcoin blockchain.

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Bitcoin - Aug 29, 2023 Oman Dives Into Crypto Market With $1.1 Billion Investment In Bitcoin Mining

Oman’s investment is expected to help the country diversify its economy and put the nation on the world's crypto map

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