The Chinese tech titan Tencent, the WeChat operator, will launch a digital yuan smart contract offering for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The move comes weeks after the firm …

Russia’s Central Bank thinks its digital ruble could let citizens pay abroad without making use of the SWIFT banking platform – and wants to let foreign banks use its …

More Chinese banks are issuing loans in the digital yuan, the nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), as e-CNY corporate financing options diversify. Per Nanhai Net (via Hainan News), …

Tezos (XTZ), the cryptocurrency that powers the Tezos layer-1 blockchain protocol, has pumped over 11% on Monday. XTZ was last trading around $0.72 per token, having rallied as high …

Chinese officials say uptake for the digital yuan is rising among overseas visitors – while more citizens are receiving their salaries in CBDC wallets. Per the Hangzhou Daily, state-run …

The Chinese central bank has claimed that its program of digital yuan giveaways is helping to drive up CBDC adoption. According to the state-run newspaper the People’s Daily, the …

The development team behind friend.tech has amassed nearly $20 million in revenue since its launch in August. According to data from DeFiLlama, friend.tech currently holds the position of the largest …

Ethereum’s recent surge in ether (ETH) staking, spurred by the Merge and Shanghai upgrades, has raised concerns surrounding centralization and reduced overall staking yields, according to a Thursday report …

China has taken another step forward in its digital yuan pilot – connecting its CBDC platform to Hong Kong’s Fast Payment System (FPS). The move will speed up cross-border …

The South Korean video games giant Netmarble has made a blockchain gaming breakthrough with its subsidiary’s coin set to be listed on the Japanese crypto exchange Zaif. Per Yonhap, …