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08.06 / 02:13

Digital Riksbank's Skingsley appointed head of BIS Innovation Hub

Established in 2019 to support exploratory work into new frontiers in financial technology, the BIS Innovation Hub has centres in Hong Kong, London, Singapore, Stockholm and Switzerland. Another two centres, in Frankfurt/Paris and Toronto, are set to open this year.The hub's projects focus on priority themes such as central bank digital currencies (CBDC), next-generation financial market infrastructures, supervisory and regulatory technology, open finance, cyber security and green finance.

07.06 / 13:03

UPS Stocks market UBS Credit Suisse hikes junior pay again to $110,000 as salaries spiral

Credit Suisse has hiked junior banker pay for a second time, matching Wall Street peers and Swiss rival UBS as banks continue to battle for talent.

06.06 / 19:37

Blockchain Linux hyperledger Bitcoin ‘CBDCs are the natural evolution,’ says HyperLedger director Barbosa

For Daniela Barbosa — general manager of blockchain, healthcare and identity at the Linux Foundation and executive director of Hyperledger — digital currencies and cryptocurrencies have made it among the big banks at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

06.06 / 03:03

cryptocurrency TRON CRYPTONEWS USDD Upgrades into the First Over-Collateralized Decentralized Stablecoin

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05.06 / 10:35

business Blockchain Technology Adoption Global Web3 metaverse and tax initiatives continue in the face of a market meltdown

In her monthly Expert Take column, Selva Ozelli, an international tax attorney and CPA, covers the intersection between emerging technologies and sustainability, and provides the latest developments around taxes, AML/CFT regulations and legal issues affecting crypto and blockchain.

03.06 / 23:59

Adoption regulation Investments Federal Reserve Fed governor explains who needs crypto regulation and why demand for it is growing

Regulation is needed to open the crypto ecosystem to a larger public, United States Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller told an audience at the SNB-CIF Conference on Cryptoassets and Financial Innovation in Zurich, Switzerland. Financial intermediaries can help manage risk for new crypto users, but cannot eliminate it, Waller said, and new and fast-growing financial products need public confidence to survive.

03.06 / 21:27

Blockchain Adoption World Economic Forum Bitcoin WEF 2022: Miami mayor says that Bitcoin can be a global currency

Kristina Cornèr, Cointelegraph's editor-in-chief, sat down with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez at the recent World Economic Forum held at Davos, Switzerland, to discuss topics like the role the mayor played at the WEF, Bitcoin being a global currency and what the mayor does with his BTC.

02.06 / 16:41

cryptocurrency defi CRYPTONEWS Shopify DePay Brings Their Web3 P2P Payment Gateway to Eligible Shopify Merchants

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02.06 / 12:23

Ethereum ETH cryptocurrency TRON TRON Has a Record-Setting Month

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01.06 / 16:11

To Draw Asia Closer, U.S. Tries an Alternative to Traditional Trade Pacts

DAVOS, Switzerland—As the U.S. seeks allies in a new cold war with Russia and China, it does so without a lever that helped win the last one: new economic pacts like the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the North American Free Trade Agreement. They are nonstarters in a Congress in which both parties have turned more protectionist.

01.06 / 16:09

Blockchain Adoption Conference Bitcoin Crypto knocking on the WEF's door: The view from Davos

The spectacle that is the World Economic Forum (WEF) came to a close in Davos, Switzerland on Friday, May 27. Nearly 3,000 people from over 110 countries took planes, trains and helicopters to the highest town in Europe to lobby leaders and push and query the WEF agenda.

31.05 / 19:23

Blockchain Ethereum Gaming Bitcoin Power Bitcoin Miners Under 'Stress', Euro's Purchasing Power Wanes, Fidelity Beyond BTC + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.

30.05 / 22:21

markets Tether Bitcoin Bitcoin’s recent gains have traders calling a bottom, but various metrics remain bearish

On May 30, the total crypto market capitalization gained 4% and currently is within reach of a $1.3 trillion market capitalization. The move was enough to erase the losses from the previous seven days and was driven mainly by Bitcoin's (BTC) 4.9% gain during that time frame.

30.05 / 11:45

Adoption YouTube World Economic Forum Bitcoin youtuber Youtuber NasDaily’s Bitcoin buy is $200K underwater: 'Be greedy and HODL'

Youtuber NasDaily endured a Bitcoin (BTC) baptism by fire. The entrepreneur and influencer with over 50 million followers invested $500,000 in Bitcoin —right before the bear market kicked in.

29.05 / 12:45

Citi Digital JPMorgan Citi, Credit Suisse join JPMorgan in warming to digital currencies

At the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Credit Suisse chairman Axel Lehmann warned against getting left behind as digital assets win over more of the financial world.

28.05 / 13:45

cryptocurrency Binance cryptocurrency news expansion As Part Of Europe Expansion, Binance Registers With Italy's Regulator

Binance seeks to expand operations in Europe

27.05 / 18:17

Citi Digital JPMorgan Citi, Credit Suisse join JPMorgan in warming to digital currencies

At the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Credit Suisse chairman Axel Lehmann warned against getting left behind as digital assets win over more of the financial world.

27.05 / 15:13

business Payments Cointelegraph World Economic Forum Partying in Davos with Cointelegraph: Crypto card payments accepted

With the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting drawing to a close, attendees had the opportunity to join Cointelegraph for a farewell party at Ex Bar in Davos — where they could actually pay for food and drinks using cryptocurrency.

26.05 / 17:11

Why the ‘Davos consensus’ is elusive this year

Usually the Davos crowd herds together on markets and the economy at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. The “Davos consensus” can be a useful contrarian indicator since it is often entirely wrong. But there isn’t a consensus this year, which helps explain the jumbled state of markets.

26.05 / 15:21

Russia’s Absence at Davos Marks Unraveling of Globalization

DAVOS, Switzerland—The country that dominated discussions at this year’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum isn’t even here.

26.05 / 14:27

UPS Deal Bankers warn the $130bn deal fee bonanza is fizzling fast: ‘There could be cuts later this year’

The climate, the economy, Ukraine — these topics dominated the agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos. But for senior bankers trying to drum up business in the Swiss resort town, there’s another concern.

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