# Hong Kong exploring CBDC as part of fintech strategy

# Hong Kong exploring CBDC as part of fintech strategy

“# Hong Kong exploring CBDC as part of fintech strategy ” On Monday, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released an official white paper exploring the potential of a retail-focused central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital Hong Kong dollar (e-HKD). According to the document, the HKMA will seek to understand the “potential architectures and design…

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# Private distributed ledger technology or public blockchain?

# Private distributed ledger technology or public blockchain?

“# Private distributed ledger technology or public blockchain? ” Some people think that permissioned distributed ledger technology can perform better than open blockchain because it is tweaked to address the issues of the latter. Such systems are also called “permissioned blockchain,” as if blockchain is a high-level concept and “permissioned” is one of its variants….

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# Swiss Exchange SIX granted approval to launch crypto marketplace

# Swiss Exchange SIX granted approval to launch crypto marketplace

“# Swiss Exchange SIX granted approval to launch crypto marketplace ” The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, or FINMA, have today announced their approval for regulated Swiss exchange SIX to launch a digital asset marketplace and central securities depository built on distributed ledger technology. Initially intent on launching in the latter half of 2019, regulatory…

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# VeChain launches blockchain platform to encourage carbon data reporting

# VeChain launches blockchain platform to encourage carbon data reporting

“# VeChain launches blockchain platform to encourage carbon data reporting ” Supply chain management platform VeChain has announced a new service for combining businesses to overhaul their carbon footprint data management practices. The new service, detailed in a Medium post on Thursday, combines decentralized ledger technology with a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model. The Digital Carbon…

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# Top-five UK university joins Hedera governing council

# Top-five UK university joins Hedera governing council

“# Top-five UK university joins Hedera governing council ” The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) have officially joined Hedera Hashgraph’s panoply of 39 global governing council members, confirming their place as the second academic institution to support the blockchain platform following UCL’s admission last year. Hedera Hashgraph is an enterprise-grade distributed ledger…

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# Alibaba launches NFT marketplace for copyright trading

# Alibaba launches NFT marketplace for copyright trading

“# Alibaba launches NFT marketplace for copyright trading ” Chinese multinational e-commerce firm, Alibaba Group Holding, has launched a new nonfungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace allowing trademark holders to sell tokenized licenses to their intellectual property. The new NFT marketplace, dubbed “Blockchain Digital Copyright and Asset-Trade,” can be accessed via Alibaba’s Auction platform. NFTs launched via…

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