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It seems that the adoption of cryptocurrencies in Latin America is moving full steam ahead. Following El Salvador, Cuba has in one fell swoop legalized bitcoin as a means of payment. A few other countries are either getting ready to follow suit, like Panama, or are already de facto using crypto, like Venezuela. Recently, Cuba…

Exclusive interview for Gulf Crypto Insight Manta is a set of easy-to-use and secure open-source and verifiable protocols based on the Substrate framework. It uses zk-SNARK to provide complete end-to-end anonymity, high bandwidth, and strong inter-network compatibility (supports Polkadot’s main cryptocurrencies and stablecoins on the parachain). Manta includes a decentralized privacy payment protocol and a…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Sept. 24 –Oct. 1, 2021): 25 Sept.: Solana announced the launch of the Wormhole Network, an Ethereum – Solana cross-chain bridge, which enables the transfer of digital assets between ERC-20 and SPL blockchains. Saber, the Solana-based protocol with more than $4 billion total-value locked (TVL), will support migration…

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) and seven different central banks, including the Bank of England, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, and U.S. Federal Reserve, published three new reports, which find that while a groundbreaking innovation to monetary policy, central bank digital currency (CBDC) pose many opportunities and uncertainties. Digital currencies backed by central…

It is something awaiting us right around the corner. Сorporate cryptocurrencies have not yet declared themselves loud enough, but many world-renowned companies are already engaging with the idea. Their emergence is now a matter of time and changes in legislation. It has long been said that modern corporations have more power and authority than nation-states….

There are currently several countries developing state digital currencies for cross-border settlements. And chances are, they will arrive even before the typical “in-country” CDBCs. While market turbulence is throwing prices of cryptocurrencies and DeFi assets up and down, central banks of different countries move forward with creating their own central bank digital currencies (CDBCs) with…