Catenaa, Friday, May 02, 2025-Australia financial intelligence agency has begun removing inactive cryptocurrency exchanges from its official register, part of a wider effort to block the use of digital assets in criminal activity, officials said Wednesday. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, or AUSTRAC, said it deregistered multiple crypto exchanges that had not engaged […]

Catenaa, Thursday, January 30, 2025 – The European Central Bank (ECB) has renewed its call for a digital euro, citing U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order promoting dollar-backed stablecoins as a key motivator for Europe to advance its own digital currency plans. ECB board member Piero Cipollone said Trump’s Jan. 23 order could disintermediate […]

Catenaa, Thursday, February 06, 2025 – Russia’s digital ruble rollout has reached a new milestone after the government and Central Bank completed a pilot using the central bank digital currency (CBDC) for budgetary payments, officials confirmed last Wednesday, January 29.  The trial, conducted behind closed doors in late 2024, involved the Central Bank, the Treasury, […]