The British miniter of Treasury, Rishi Sunak, has asked the Bank of England to analyze its arguments in order to test a new digital currency called "Britcoin", supported by the Central Bank, with the aim of addressing some of the challenges they pose other cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
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Héctor Fuenmayor promotes security and prevention of business crimes through his two books
Encouraging intelligence plans that allow the prevention of crimes or any type of irregularity in the largest and most prestigious companies, is the objective set out by the expert in the execution of security strategies, Héctor Fuenmayor…
Swiss exchange launches native bitcoin trading
The Swiss exchange ShapeShift has announced its new decentralized platform available to users with mobile devices, achieving full integration with the THORChain protocol.
This crypto trade will be carried out through bitcoin, litecoin and…
Czech Republic offers to mediate possible Putin-Biden meeting
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Jan Hamacek, said that the Government offers the country as a place to host the first summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, given the uncertainty…
Use of cryptos in Venezuela continues to rise
Venezuela has remained on the list of the five countries that make the most visits to cryptocurrency exchange pages, according to research conducted by Chainalysis.
Although the coronavirus pandemic caused the transaction amounts to…
World Bank warns about negative impact of high taxes
The president of the World Bank, David Malpass, warned of the negative implications for emerging and developing economies of setting an excessively high minimum corporate tax at the international level, such as the 21 % raised by the United…
Bank of America seeks to incentivize racial equality
Bank of America raised its plan to encourage and improve racial equality and economic opportunity in the United States by $ 250 million through a series of investments and direct actions, according to a statement.
The initial plan,…
US works on the development of the digital dollar
Boston Fed Senior Vice President of Secure Payments and Fintech Research, James Cunha and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working to develop the digital dollar.
According to what was expressed by Cunha, it is expected…
Netflix targets net zero carbon footprint for 2022
Netflix has set a long-term goal for the benefit of the environment dedicated to reducing the damage that the platform is causing to the planet. In this sense it has devised a plan called "Net zero gas emissions + Nature".
Since the…
Digital payments, the most common financial service
The adoption of electronic payments is becoming morecommon in the financial market and its growing interest is evidenced in surprising figures, as indicated by the US payment processor Stripe.
One of the main reasons is that digital…
Egypt and the US to unblock the Suez Canal
Egypt accepted the help offered by the United States to unblock the Suez Canal, which has become impassable due to the grounding of a ship belonging to the Evergreen Line freight transport company.
"In relation to current efforts to move…
Turkish lira collapse fuels bitcoin purchase
Due to the fall of the Turkish currency, searches for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general in this country have reached all-time highs.
In recent days, a series of economic measures have been generated in the nation, such as the…