Digital Currency

Bank of England to press on with digital currency

The Bank of England is reluctantly pressing on with work to create a form of… Read More

Pakistan mulls introducing digital currency

RIYADH: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said that the government is considering the possibility of… Read More

SBP plans to launch Pakistan’s first-ever digital currency

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad Thursday revealed that the central bank is… Read More

India freezes assets of Binance-linked WazirX

India's financial crime-fighting agency said on Friday it had frozen the assets of WazirX, linked… Read More

Bitcoin falls to lowest since January

Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since January on Monday as slumping equity markets continued… Read More

Another country adopts bitcoin as legal currency

The Central African Republic "is the first country in Africa to adopt bitcoin as legal… Read More

Buyers beware as “altcoin” frenzy bruises bitcoin

Bitcoin's smaller rivals are eroding its share of the $2 trillion digital currency marke Read More

‘Digital currency’: A central bank alternative to bitcoin?

Outlined here is an examination of how central bank digital currencies could resemble and differ… Read More

Bitcoin sinks below $50,000 as cryptos stumble over Biden tax plans

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies suffered hefty losses on fears that US President Joe Biden's plan… Read More

Britain to look closer at creating digital currency

Britain stepped up efforts on Monday to look at the case for a digital pound… Read More

China becomes first major economy to launch digital currency

The Chinese government has begun to issue blockchain-powered digital currency to its citizens Read More

Russian central bank considers digital rouble

 The Russian central bank is considering limiting future transactions with a digital rouble to smooth… Read More

Bitcoin hits $60,000 in record high

Bitcoin is up more than 2% from its previous year high of $58,354.14 on Feb.… Read More

Bitcoin is at a “tipping point”

With the recent embrace by the likes of Tesla and Mastercard, bitcoin could be at… Read More

Bitcoin heads for worst week since March 2020

Bitcoin fell over 6% on Friday to its lowest in two weeks as a rout… Read More

Bitcoin within a whisker of $50,000

The first and most famous cryptocurrency, bitcoin hit $49,938 and has gained roughly 70% this… Read More

India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency

The law will “create a facilitative framework for creation of the official digital currency to… Read More

Global watchdogs agree rules for stablecoins like Facebook’s Libra

Existing national rules do not fully cover stablecoins the Financial Stability Board (FSB) said in… Read More

China starts trial of digital currency to counter dollar monopoly

The trail payments of the Chinese digital currency were started in four cities including Shenzhen,… Read More

European governments move to veto Facebook’s digital money

WASHINGTON: Major European players are joining forces to block Facebook's proposed digital currency because of the… Read More