Economy

The speaker of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, demanded that the adoption of bills on the use of digital technologies in the financial sector be accelerated. According to her, the relevant initiatives for almost a year lie in the State Duma "with virtually no movement." This writes Tass. Matvienko instructed Dmitry Mezentsev, head of the upper house economic policy committee, to find out what is holding back the adoption of draft laws, since the legal vacuum in this […]

Switzerland-based hardware maker Tangem announced that it will release “physical blockchain-banknotes” for the upcoming national digital currency of the Marshall Islands. This is reported in a press release. According to representatives of the startup, these “blockchain-banknotes” will be used to store the national digital currency Sovereign (SOV). The latter is intended to become an alternative means of payment in the territory of the Pacific state and be accepted along with the dollar […]

Over the past year, the tiny state in the Mediterranean Sea has secured the status of one of the leaders in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, however, according to experts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the development of the industry in Malta can pose a significant threat to the economy. About this writes Coingeek. Such a conclusion they made in their report, published after a visit to […]

40% of institutional investors believe that blockchain can become the most revolutionary technology after the Internet. These were the results of a new survey conducted by the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC). At the same time, a third of the respondents (34%) did not agree with this vision of the future of technology, the rest could not answer this question. 31% of respondents also believe that for five years, the leading […]