digital currency

2022.03.31

11:09

Digital yuan wallet available in Guangzhou

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 31) -- China's digital yuan wallet app is now available in Guangzhou.

2022.01.06

08:04

WeChat supports digital RMB payment

Asian Tech Press (Jan 06) -- The Digital RMB App was upgraded and updated, and the WeChat Bank (WeChat Pay) Digital RMB Wallet went live. After a multi-stage controlled pilot, Tencent started to provide digital RMB services for users.

2022.01.04

10:43

China launches digital yuan wallet apps for Android and iOS users

Asian Tech Press (Jan 4) -- China has released the pilot version of its digital yuan wallet app on mobile app stores as the country's central bank ramps up its own digital currency push.

2021.10.26

05:56

Nigeria's central bank launches Africa's first digital currency

Asian Tech Press (OCT 26) -- eNaira, a digital currency issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, has officially gone live, making Nigeria the first country in Africa to launch a digital currency.

2021.08.20

07:02

Coinbase to invest 10% of profits in cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong said on Thursday that the company's board of directors has approved adding $500 million in cryptocurrencies to its balance sheet.

2021.08.13

10:14

Singapore's DBSV Receives Regulatory Approval to Offer Crypto Services

2021.08.06

09:09

Samsung to Participate in Digital Currency Test Led by Bank of Korea

Samsung Electronics and S-Core, a subsidiary of Samsung SDS, have been named as partners of a Kakao-led consortium that was recently selected by the Bank of Korea as the operator of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) simulation project, according to Korean media reports.

2021.07.12

09:34

S. Korea's Woori Bank to form crypto custody joint venture with Coinplug

According to media reports, South Korea's Woori Financial Group has become the latest major South Korean financial institution to announce its crypto custody service launch.

2021.07.05

15:30

Vietnam PM Asks Central Bank to Study Crypto, Pursue Pilot Implementation

According to media reports, Vietnam's Prime Minister has asked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to study and conduct a pilot cryptocurrency based on blockchain technology from 2021 to 2023.

2021.06.24

08:43

Carrie Lam: HKMA is studying the use of CBDC in cross-border payments

Chief executive of Hong Kong Mrs. Carrie Lam said at the Caixin 2021 Summer Summit that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is working with the People's Bank of China and the central banks of Thailand and the United Arab Emirates to study the application of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) in cross-border payments to build a good foundation for enhancing the financial infrastructure's ability to handle cross-border payments.

2021.05.24

11:30

S. Korea's central bank moves to develop pilot digital currency

The Bank of Korea will select a technology provider to build a pilot platform for a digital currency, taking the process of creating a central bank-backed digital currency a step further.

2021.04.22

13:00

China considers cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and stablecoins as an investment tool

Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and stablecoins are an investment tool, and China is studying ways to regulate them, a senior Chinese central bank official said at the Boao Forum on April 18.

2021.04.12

16:20

Executive of a Chinese blockchain firm allegedly misappropriates $46 million of state-owned bitcoin

(Asian Tech Press) Gao Ziyang, a 27-year-old executive of a Chinese blockchain security company, allegedly misappropriated $46 million of state-owned digital currencies to short bitcoin.

2021.03.18

22:55

China to expand its digital currency program to the business sector

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