The National Center for Public Policy Research told Amazon: "Put 5% of Your Cash in Bitcoin". If you're expecting Amazon's board to read this and have some sort of Damascene conversion, think again.
Another U.S. state pushes for CBDCs to be banned — as a tokenization platform secures a crucial license for rolling out in the EU. Also in this issue: an overview of developments in China, Russia, and the EU central bank digital currencies.
From a viral meme sensation to a sophisticated money launderer helping Russia's elite, it isn't just men in the upper echelons of alleged crypto crimes.
Hailey Welch pledges to cooperate with legal reps after HAWK token rug-pull.
Metallicus acquires Bonifii to boost blockchain solutions for 80+ credit unions.
Google to permit crypto exchange ads in the UK with certain requirements.
EU exchanges must delist USDT by Dec 30 under MiCA rules.
Tether CEO announces plans
US SEC sues Touzi Capital for $115M crypto mining fraud.
Brazil’s Central Bank proposes banning stablecoin self-custody withdrawals.
UK Court rules Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto.
Ripple RLUSD stablecoin launching December 4 with NY approval.
Parity Technologies announces Polkadot 2,0 launch in Q1 2025.
TON launches Teleport
Gensler declared war on "fraudsters" and "hucklers" — and took celebrities to task when they promoted little-known coins to their millions of followers, without disclosing they had been paid to do so.
For all the key details of new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' weekly has you covered.
CBDC Updates
'Urgency' Required in Digital Euro Rollout
Quantoz is launching EURQ and USDQ, with Tether set to be delisted in Europe by the end of the year because it lacks an e-money license in a member state.
