Ukraine legalizes cryptocurrencies

On Thursday, Ukraine legalized cryptocurrencies even as its tensions with Russia have disturbed markets globally in the previous week because of global concerns over the prospect of a wider war with over 100,000 Russian troops near the Ukrainian frontier. In a Tweet, the Ukraine Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said that the country is already…

Russia introduces plan to regulate cryptos

The Russian government has accepted a system for laws regulating cryptos. A said goal of the new policy is to integrate digital tokens into Russia’s financial system while guaranteeing the rights of private investors and preventing digital assets from being used to finance crime. On Tuesday, Moscow’s official press service said in a statement that…

IBM and HSBC develop successful multi-ledger CBDC demo

IBM and HSBC, on Thursday, declared the successful test of an up-to-date token and digital wallet settlement between 2 CBDCs (central bank digital currencies) in a cloud environment. The experiment included transactions between eBonds, CBDCs and forex. Hyperledger Fabric and enterprise technology provider of IBM, R3’s Corda acted as the base of the distributed ledger…

Blockchain, machine learning appear as top online courses in India

Today digital skills have become significant especially to stay redundant at a time when tech is dominating most industries. Millions of workers worldwide also got displaced due to the novel Coronavirus. According to a report, emerging subjects like artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and computer programming have become the top online courses preferred by…