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Newsletters   -   Jun 25, 2023 Sunday Review 25/06/2023
Sunday Review 25/06/2023

So if you haven't been hiding under a rock this weekend, you've almost certainly been glued to... erm... footage from Glastonbury festival, headlined by Arctic Monkeys, Guns N Roses and Elton John (in what's billed as one of his last ever live performances). But

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Adoption   -   Jun 25, 2023 JPMorgan Expands JPM Coin Use to Include Payments Denominated in Euros
JPMorgan Expands JPM Coin Use to Include Payments Denominated in Euros

After 4 years and $300 billion of dollar-denominated payments, the banking giant’s blockchain-based settlement system for institutional clients can now process euro payments.

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Trading   -   Jun 21, 2023 After BlackRock Two More Bitcoin ETF Applications are Spotted with SEC
WisdomTree Invesco spot Bitcoin ETF

Optimism must be in the air, as investment firms WisdomTree and Invesco have both filed spot bitcoin ETF applications with the SEC, within a week of that by BlackRock.

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CBDC   -   Jun 20, 2023 BIS and BofE Develop Standardized Ledger-Agnostic API for Retail CBDCs
BIS and BofE Develop Standardized Ledger-Agnostic API for Retail CBDCs

Project Rosalind provides a communication layer between both account-based and token-based ledgers maintained by a central bank and user front-ends developed by ecosystem service and payment interface providers.

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Trading   -   Jun 20, 2023 BlackRock Files Application with U.S. SEC for Spot Bitcoin ETF
Blackrock Bitcoin spot ETF

The investment giant submitted the paperwork late last week through its iShares unit, with custody to be provided by Coinbase and price data coming from CF Benchmarks.

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Newsletters   -   Jun 18, 2023 Sunday Review 18/06/2023
Sunday Review 18/06/2023

Over 40 years after the death of John Lennon, Paul McCartney this week announced that a 'final' song by The Beatles would be released this year, thanks to advances in AI technology. Of course, by the time McCartney dies, AI will likely have advanced so much that it

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Adoption   -   Jun 17, 2023 Tencent Plans to Make Cross-Border Payments as Easy as Sending a Text
Tencent Wechat Weixin 1+1+1 Money 2020

The company also unveiled its “1+1+1” model, which aims to create an open global payment network, harnessing Chinese innovation to drive borderless payment.

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CBDC   -   Jun 14, 2023 Thai Bank Staff Trial Digital Baht at Merchants Located Near Office
Thai Bank Staff Trial Digital Baht at Merchants Located Near Office

The Bank of Thailand is running a pilot for its retail CBDC with the staff of three payment service providers and merchants situated around their head offices.

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