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Bitcoin Can’t Drive Financial Inclusion for Unbanked But CBDC Can says Mastercard CEO

Bitcoin Can’t Drive Financial Inclusion for Unbanked But CBDC Can says Mastercard CEO

Ajay Banga, the CEO of Mastercard believes Bitcoin is unable to function as an inclusive currency for the world’s unbanked due to volatility, CBDCs are a different story.

Can CBDC Drive Financial Inclusion?

Can CBDC Drive Financial Inclusion?

There are still 1.7 billion unbanked in the world. What are the reasons behind such a significant number of unbanked? Can CBDC drive their financial inclusion?

Paxful to Boost Financial Inclusion with Its First Crypto Debit Card

Paxful to Boost Financial Inclusion with Its First Crypto Debit Card

Bitcoin trading platform Paxful announced that it will be adding a crypto debit card to its financial services.

Yearn Finance (YFI) DeFi Token Hits $38K, Smashing Bitcoin's Price Record with 3,500% Price Surge

Yearn Finance (YFI) DeFi Token Hits $38K, Smashing Bitcoin's Price Record with 3,500% Price Surge

Yearn.finance (YFI) surged to a new all-time high over the weekend, recording a market value north of $38,000 per token and beating Bitcoin’s record in 2017.

US Democrats Propose Distributing Covid-19 Stimulus Payments Through Digital Dollars to Unbanked Citizens

US Democrats Propose Distributing Covid-19 Stimulus Payments Through Digital Dollars to Unbanked Citizens

As markets across the globe continue to feel the crunch of economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, debate has raged over a massive stimulus package being proposed in the US which could see the IRS send up to $2000 a month to all US citizens until the recession takes a turn for the better.

Blockchain and Beer: World’s Largest Brewer is Assisting Unbanked African Farmers Using Blockchain

Blockchain and Beer: World’s Largest Brewer is Assisting Unbanked African Farmers Using Blockchain

Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the largest beer company in the world, has created a blockchain-based system in collaboration with BanQu, a blockchain-as-a-service software company, to assist small-scale African farmers to show that they are suppliers of the drinks behemoth.

Electroneum CEO Richard Ells: How ETN Mass Adoption is Empowering the Unbanked

Electroneum CEO Richard Ells: How ETN Mass Adoption is Empowering the Unbanked

Electroneum is a mobile cryptocurrency that is making serious strides with mass adoption and real-world use in developing nations.

Kiss' Gene Simmons and Winklevoss Discuss Bitcoin and Crypto for the Unbanked

Kiss' Gene Simmons and Winklevoss Discuss Bitcoin and Crypto for the Unbanked

Gene Simmons backs cryptocurrency assets and leverages Bitcoin to diversify his investment portfolio.

World Economic Forum Views Cryptocurrency as Pivotal Tool for Financial Inclusion

World Economic Forum Views Cryptocurrency as Pivotal Tool for Financial Inclusion

The WEF thinks cryptocurrencies can be pivotal in offering financial services to one-third of the world’s adults, approximately 2 billion people, who are unbanked.

Facebook and Calibra Head David Marcus: What Problems Would Wholesale CBDCs Even Solve?

Facebook and Calibra Head David Marcus: What Problems Would Wholesale CBDCs Even Solve?

During a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum which included the topic of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), David Marcus, Head of Calibra, highlighted that digital currencies are the key to innovate cross-border payments and solve the issues of the unbanked—regardless of if that digital currency is Libra or not.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Criticizes India’s New Bill Seeking to Ban Crypto Trading

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Criticizes India’s New Bill Seeking to Ban Crypto Trading

Ripple CEO has responded to reports that India intends to introduce a ban on crypto trading.

Blockchain.News Presents: State of DeFi Survey

Blockchain.News Presents: State of DeFi Survey

Blockchain.News State of DeFi Survey

Malaysia’s Largest Bank Signs Blockchain Partnership for Remittance

Malaysia’s Largest Bank Signs Blockchain Partnership for Remittance

The largest bank in Malaysia Maybank partnered with the National Bank of Cambodia to sign MoU for cross-border remittance using NBC’s blockchain-based Bakong payment system.

Ripple Donates $10M to Humanitarian Organization to Accelerate Financial Inclusion

Ripple Donates $10M to Humanitarian Organization to Accelerate Financial Inclusion

Ripple has continued to be innovative in finding ways to deliver global financial inclusion amid a struggling COVID-19 economy.

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