In collaboration with France's IDEMIA and Malaysia's Softspace, the Bank of Japan will pilot a project in preparation for the full-scale CBDC launch, beginning with a touch payment infrastructure.
The massive losses incurred by investors over Bithumb's failure to list BXA tokens and acquire BK Group warrants an eight-year prison term for the former's de facto chairman, the prosecution says.
In response to the rising cases of digital asset crime, Uzbekistan is conducting a series of training, which include blockchain analysis and how to seize digital assets from bad actors to fortify its cybersecurity.
Project Aurum highlighted a technological stack to explore the viability of wholesale and retail CBDCs, utilizing two different tokens intermediated CBDCs and CBDC-backed stablecoins.