Cryptocurrency in April 2021
The April 2021 cryptocurrency news summary collects headline items across a broad range of crypto-related subjects, including: Tesla’s use of Bitcoin as a payment option; boxing champ Terence Crawford’s NFT move; the United Kingdom’s steps towards a CBDC; the releast of Bloomberg’s Crypto Outlook; and more.
The aim is to deliver a comprehensive overview of the major crypto news headlines from the month past, gathered from Startup News Asia’s daily updates – with each crypto headline below linked to each online article behind it, free to read, in full. This gives our readers:
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- ICYMI: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank unveils DCash central bank digital currency, partnering with Bitt fintech firm for infrastructure and operations
- ICYMI: Bank of Russia plans to unveil prototype for ‘digital ruble’ design in December, running on distributed ledger technology with central bank control
- Download: PwC CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) Global Index, 1st edition (pdf)
- ICYMI: UK launches central bank digital currency taskforce with the Bank of England to investigate the potential of a digitally-issued currency
- Cryptocurrency: A round-up of crypto, digital currency and payments news headlines from the past month, touching on CBDCs, NFTs and more
- Download: Cryptocurrency – Looking Back on 2020 and 2021 Predictions, via @cryptocom (pdf)
- ICYMI: Signal private messaging app’s latest UK beta supports new Signal Payments feature, allowing crypto payments using open-source MobileCoin
- Download: Bloomberg Crypto Outlook, April 2021 Edition (pdf)
- ICYMI: Boxing world champion, Terence Crawford, enters NFT space with launch of Greatness, first of 12 NFT bundles, in partnership with Ziliqa
- ICYMI: Visa begins settling transactions in USD Coin, US dollar-pegged cryptocurrency; users of partner service don’t need to first convert USDC tokens to US$
- ICYMI: Tesla now accepts Bitcoin as payment option in the US, with company retaining Bitcoin rather than converting to USD
- ICYMI: Square, Coinbase, Fidelity Investments and others partner to form Crypto Council for Innovation industry group, aiming to lobby, inform policy and develop research
- Bank of Japan launches first phase of experimenting with a central bank digital currency, testing technical feasibility of core functions and features
- South Korea: Klaytn blockchain firm partners with ConsenSys to work towards a Korean central bank digital currency, a digital won
- Bank of Thailand announces intention to develop a retail central bank digital currency, provisionally aiming for trials in Q2 2022
- Download: Central Bank Digital Currency – The Future of Payments for Corporates, from the Bank of Thailand’s Project Inthanon (pdf)
- Hong Kong: TOKEN2049 crypto conference set for November 23-24, looking at global developments in cryptocurrency, blockchain and more
- Hong Kong: Kikitrade cryptocurrency investment platform gains $8M pre-A with sights on NFT and DeFi services
- South Korea: Smaller cryptocurrency exchanges likely to close later in the year as new anti-money laundering regulations take effect
- Non-Fungible Tokens: What exactly are they?
- ICYMI: Edward Snowden to auction an NFT, with 100% of proceeds going to Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit tasked with protecting free speech
- Digital Securities & Tokenization Summit set for May 19-20, a virtual conference focusing on the implementation of blockchain in traditional finance
- Australia: Living Room of Satoshi launches Wages service, allowing users to pay bills with cryptocurrencies
- China: E-commerce giant JD has paid some employees using ‘digital yuan’ in what’s believed to be part of central bank’s move to expand the scope of its use
- Indonesia: East Ventures Digital Competitiveness Index 2021 now available, assessing digital economic condition of each region in the country
- Japan: A look at how some municipalities are embracing digital currency, launching community-focused digital money initiatives to boost local economy and identity
- Singapore: Mintable non-fungible token marketplace platform gains seed funding, with over 150K NFTs created and listed for sale in the last month alone
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