The 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off last Friday in Beijing, but did you know you can catch all of the action from the comfort of you VR headset? We’ve rounded up three sure-fire ways to get your head in the games. NBC Olympics VR by Xfinity (Quest) Comcast and NBCUniversal have launched an NBC Olympics […]
Senator Pat Toomey, a senior member of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, urges the Treasury and State Departments closely examine Beijing’s CBDC rollout during the Olympic Games. (Read More)
After eight years of guesses, discourse, and conflicting reports, China’s digital yuan CBDC made a rather low-key debut at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on 4 February. Time to introduce “yuan” self Though China intended to make the introduction of the digital yuan a worldwide spectacle to showcase its fintech finesse, this wasn’t to be […]
As China’s digital yuan sees its debut on the first day of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, another country has shown signs of stepping into the CBDC development arena. This was none other than the USA. Just window shopping here The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston [Boston Fed] and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] […]
Why is the most important sporting event in history also one of the most difficult to enjoy in VR? The 2022 Winter Olympic Games are just around the corner, which means many of us have already begun planning our Olympic viewing schedules. Thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, however, most of us were forced to […]
After a rollercoaster January, Wall Street is now expecting the Fed to aggressively raise interest rates over the course of the year as they scramble to control inflation. The US dollar is once again king as most economists are now expecting the Fed to deliver anywhere between 3-7 rate hikes this year. The upcoming week […]
Joining hands with the United States and Europe is fundamental when meeting technical issues needed in the issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). (Read More)
Japan must cooperate with Europe and the United States in creating a global standard on the technical aspects of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the chief of Japan’s central bank said on Friday. Several central banks across the world are actively working on their national digital currencies. Bank of Japan is yet […]
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Dogecoin ($DOGE) co-creator, Billy Markus, pushed McDonald’s to accept the meme-inspired cryptocurrency as a payment method, one of its rivals has said it will work on accepting DOGE if Musk does something for it. As CryptoGlobe reported, Musk said on social media he would eat a Happy Meal on […]
Russia’s RTS Index has crashed 10% today while Nasdaq dropped 3.16% at one point in one of the worst day for global stocks. Germany’s Dax index is down 3.86%. Europe’s...