U.S. Fed drops the wholesale CBDC term, Russian banks resist digital ruble push, China adds scenarios for state payments with e-CNY

How can societies leverage distributed ledger technology for economic development?

China releases a hard wallet for the digital yuan, as Amazon trials a tokenization concept that sees small businesses paid faster.

SWIFT's take on unified ledgers, IMF's CBDC research and Brazil DREX vision. In the tokenization segment, Visa unveils a new tokenization platform that'll allow central banks and financial institutions to launch their own stablecoins.

By April, the network boasted 650,000 monthly active accounts, marking a record high since the integration of parachains.

Overcollaterized stablecoin project Kensetsu launches on SORA. The team proposes a "proof-of-burn" method for the sign-ups

Worldcoin's digital 'humanity passport' is trending again, after OpenAI Sora threatens to blur the line between virtual and real in video content.

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. "Blockchain built for the real world," Celo, announced that real-world assets platform Centrifuge