Roughly 100 countries are looking at CBDCs, the IMF estimates, as it published a study looking at six nations where digital money is already in place

Cryptocurrency influencer Carl Runefelt says Bitcoin will hit $100,000 this year, and rise as high as $500,000 in 2023.

Industry says tax will dent crypto trading volumes and drive small traders towards informal person-to-person trading and decentralised exchanges

The market is booming, the most popular pieces can sell for millions, but outsiders may wonder why anyone would pay anything at all

Apart from the pilot zones, 164 entities, including hospitals, universities and companies, were chosen to deploy and test the technology

The company said governments and private customers can instantly verify the provenance and authenticity of vaccines and other drugs

BSTX would initially trade securities, such as stocks or exchange-traded funds, but those securities would be tradable on rival bourses

While Bank of Japan has made no decision yet on own digital currency, it is proceeding with experiments and a plan to deliberate on specific designs of one, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said

The financing - which brought the company's valuation to more than $8 billion - was co-led by D1 Capital Partners and Spark Capital

The company said it would compete with large banks and non-bank lenders by offering unsecured trade finance with lines of up to $5 million

With the cryptocurrency market surpassing $3 trillion in November, venture capital investors are increasingly looking to put down stakes

Upbit plans to release a range of NFTs featuring members of BTS in a joint venture with the boy band’s management company, Hybe.