Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, hit a new high above $4,400 on Friday (Oct. 29), Bloomberg writes. The report says the digital asset was up 4.8% at $4,459.20, which was an improvement on the previous record of $4,379.62. The news comes as Ether has been doing...
Kazakhstan is the latest country to potentially consider a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to Coindesk Thursday (May 6). The National Bank for the Republic of Kazakhstan said it plans to call the new digital coin the “digital tenge.” In Kazakhstan, the tenge is...
The U.S. Air Force has granted blockchain firm SIMBA Chain a $1.5 million check to help create a new blockchain for supply logistics in the next two years, according to Coindesk.com. The South Bend, Indiana-based company will now also be partnering with Boeing as it...
A FinTech group from Kazakhstan part-owned by Baring Vostok and Goldman Sachs is structuring a London IPO that is the largest listing by a central Asian company since the global financial crisis, the Financial Times reported Monday (Sept. 16). Payments, finance and eCommerce marketplace startup...
February 22, 2023
Freedom Finance Bank Kazakhstan JSC and Visa have partnered to facilitate cross-border payments from the central Asian country. UZ Daily reported Tuesday (Feb. 21) that the bank is deploying the Visa B2B Connect payment service in Kazakhstan, allowing companies in the country to make international transfers in foreign currency, delivered to the recipient’s bank within […]
October 31, 2021
Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, hit a new high above $4,400 on Friday (Oct. 29), Bloomberg writes. The report says the digital asset was up 4.8% at $4,459.20, which was an...
May 06, 2021
Kazakhstan is the latest country to potentially consider a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to Coindesk Thursday (May 6). The National Bank for the Republic of Kazakhstan said it...
June 17, 2020
The U.S. Air Force has granted blockchain firm SIMBA Chain a $1.5 million check to help create a new blockchain for supply logistics in the next two years, according to...
