Barbados Financial News

23.03 / 12:51

Blockchain Adoption NFT Indigenous The dreaming: Indigenous Australians are making an embassy in the Metaverse

One of the world’s oldest living cultures is meeting the world’s newest emerging tech as Indigenous Australians begin to take part in the Metaverse.

31.01 / 20:33

Provident CBDC Digital Central Bank Caribbean CBDC Remains Offline for More Than 2 Weeks Amid Technical Issues

DCash, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) commissioned by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), has been offline for more than two weeks amid technical issues that continue to affect the platform.

20.12 / 22:15

business Technology enaira From eNaira to eHryvnia, a Caribbean fintech develops CBDC around the world

Barbados, a paradise island in the West Indies, is known for its azure beaches, tidal waves, shipwrecks, homegrown grown Barbadian (Bajan) hospitality, and more recently, an influx of remote workers. Now, one can add cryptocurrency innovations to that list as well. Bitt, a Bajan fintech firm developing blockchain technology, has successfully created the eNaira central bank digital currency, or CBDC, for Nigeria and is on the path to creating an electronic Hryvnia for Ukraine.

18.11 / 03:23

Facebook Progressive Mobile Future Mapping Cardano founder’s idea of a future Metaverse

“I think there’ll be a really cool experiment to kind of explore and build.”

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