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Bitcoin Flirts With $29.5K Shrugging off Macroeconomic Events, Curve Finance Exploit

Bitcoin briefly broke above $29,500 in the last 24-hours as investors await the upcoming U.S. jobs report on Friday. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap appears to be unfazed by recent moves from central banks around the globe and even material technical events like the Curve Finance exploit. eToro US Investment Analyst Callie Cox shares her crypto markets analysis and outlook.

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SEC Case Had 'Almost No Impact' on Ripple's Talks With Central Banks, Says Exec

James Wallis also said the decision that Ripple's sale of XRP did not constitute investment contracts was a major victory, not just for Ripple but also for the industry.

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Italy’s Central Bank Taps Polygon, Fireblocks DeFi Project to Help Institutions Dabble With Tokenized Assets

The initiative aims to help Italian banks, asset managers and financial institutions, including the $1 trillion banking group Intesa Sanpaolo, experiment with decentralized finance and security tokens.

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Wholesale CBDC Would Improve Cross-Border Payments, French Central Bank Tests Show

Banque de France said it ran multiple experiments to test central bank digital currencies for wholesale payments, issued "directly on" distributed ledger technology.

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Stablecoins Pose 'Existential Threat' to Policy Sovereignty, Says India Central Bank Official: Report

"If large stablecoins are linked to some other currency, there is a risk of dollarization," RBI Deputy Governor Rabi Sankar has said.

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Brazilian Central Bank Adds Crypto Exchange Mercado Bitcoin in CBDC Pilot Including Mastercard

The approved consortium includes Mastercard, broker Genial, registrar Cerc and financial software fintech Sinqia as partners.

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Colombia’s Central Bank Partners with Ripple to Explore Blockchain Use Cases

The Latin American country will conduct a pilot to test Ripple's technology for its high-value payments system.

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Brazil Appoints Central Bank and Securities Commission as Crypto Market Regulators

The executive branch issued a decree with directives following the approval of a crypto law in December 2022.

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Brazil's Central Bank Selects 14 Participants for CBDC Pilot

Among those selected are the largest local banks, Visa and Microsoft.

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Pakistan Announces Fresh Ban on Crypto, but Adoption as a Hedge Remains Popular

Cryptocurrencies will “never be legalized in Pakistan,” said Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Aisha Ghaus Pasha.

Karachi, Pakistan - Nov 14, 2021: People are seen at a weekly Sunday bazaar in Bufferzone, an area of central Karachi of Sindh province in Pakistan