Zimbabwe central bank ironing out wrinkles in new currency

Hackers have compromised the website of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and demanded ransom in Bitcoins (BTC).The city announced the hack on its official Twitter account on Oct. 25. The city wrote that it had “detected a network breach which resulted in unauthorised access to its information systems.” As a result, the breach affected…

Creators and influencers have a new way to monetize their efforts and reward their loyal followers. Social tokens — or tokens backed by the reputation of an individual, brand, or community — are gaining traction and some believe they could be the next big thing in the cryptocurrency community. But what are they, and why are…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has surpassed $11,600 for the first time in 12 months buoyed by rising market sentiment. As BTC/USD demonstrates strong momentum, investors believe there is little resistance until $15,000.Cryptocurrency market daily snapshot. Source: Coin360Bitcoin rose to as high as $11,763 on BitMEX in a sudden weekend price move. It also “filled”…

The World Economic Forum (WEF) — together with some of the world's major central banks — has created a central bank digital currency (CBDC) policymaker toolkit.According to an announcement  on Jan. 22, the toolkit is the WEF's attempt to help policy-makers understand whether deploying a CBDC would be advantageous and guide them through its design.The…

A daily newspaper in Ireland released a statement saying it was “deliberately deceived” into believing the identity of a guest writer, which turned out to be AI. 144 Total views 1 Total shares An Irish daily newspaper apologized to its readers after it unknowingly published an article by a guest writer who had used artificial…

The regulator said that while stablecoin-denominated creditor repayments may not be illegal, it “reserves its rights” to challenge transactions involving crypto assets.