In 2021 the central banks of different countries discussed the possibility of creating digital currencies (CBDs, with its acronym in English) in the coming years. The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) reported that it will issue its digital currency, called the digital peso, in 2024.
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Cryptocurrency Omicron increases its value by 950 %
The cryptocurrency omicron registered an increase in its price of more than 950 % in the last two days after the media focus was raised on the new variant of the coronavirus that emerged in South Africa and named in the same way.
During…
Peru works on its own CBDC
Peru works on its own CBDC. This was announced this Wednesday by Julio Velarde, president of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). The banking authorities of the South American country work with the central banks of India, Hong Kong and…
Tiff Macklem: “Bitcoin is not a digital currency”
Tiff Macklem, governor of the Central Bank of Canada was emphatic in indicating that Bitcoin "is not a digital currency" because, in his opinion, it is not a cryptocurrency frequently for the acquisition of products. It is an "investment…
Nigeria launches its digital currency to improve the payment system
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched today the country's new digital currency, eNaira, to improve the payments system in the West African nation, as announced by the country's Central Bank.
The currency, which will take several…
Pakistan supreme court orders to regulate cryptocurrencies
The Sindh High Court, SHC, asked the government to draw up guidelines that allow the regulation of cryptocurrencies. The decision was made during a petition to challenge the decree, issued in 2018, on the prohibition of cryptocurrencies in…
CICPC and Sunacrip warn of digital fraud
The Computer Crimes Division of the Scientific Criminal and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC in Spanish) and the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets and Related Activities (Sunacrip) issued a warning to Venezuelan citizens to…
El Salvador finalizes the draft of the constitutional reform
The initial draft of the new constitution of El Salvador contemplates 215 modifications made to the current constitution. Among the reforms are the extension of the presidential term, the creation of a new body that will supplant the…
Bank of Jamaica issues its first digital currencies
The Bank of Jamaica, BOJ, through its CBDC division officially announced the demonstration of the minting process of the digital currency, within the framework of a financial ceremony, where the Minister of Finance of Jamaica, Nigel Clarke,…
Amazon will accept cryptocurrencies and prepares to launch its own Token by 2022
Amazon, the largest and most well-known trading company in the world, will accept payments with Bitcoin by the end of the year and is also in the process to create its own token in 2022, as revealed by an unidentified source to a British…
Mastercard and Circle to boost USDC market
Circle announced its alliance with multinational financial services company Mastercard to promote the use of USDC to facilitate fiat-to-crypto conversions, in an attempt to expand the ability of crypto companies to use digital assets for…
Central Bank of Ghana to launch pilot test for CBDC in September
The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ghana (BoG), Maxwell Opoku-Afari, reported that the institution will undertake, in September this year, a pilot program for the 'digital cedi', the country's official currency. The announcement was…