Stablecoin, retail CBDC sandboxes are on South African payments roadmap

The Digital Payments Plan from South Africa’s Reserve Bank has been unveiled, aiming to achieve the objectives of their 2015 Vision 2025 strategy. The country’s progress in embracing digital payment methods has been “relatively slow,” according to the report. To make up for lost time, potential strategies were explored, such as implementing cryptocurrencies and central … Read more

Bitcoin is ‘a failure’: Peter Schiff – Does he have a point?

Exec highlighted that Bitcoin halving slowed down the network. Schiff sees a somber future for the king coin. In April, the long-awaited Bitcoin [BTC] halving came to an end, sparking great interest and anticipation. Various analysts and industry professionals voiced their positive outlook on the future of this digital currency. Yet, it’s important to note … Read more

Why MKR drops against ETH every time MakerDAO sells

MKR’s price decoupled from ETH as MakerDAO sold some tokens. On-chain and technical analysis suggested a bounce to $3,545 when the selling pressure halts. Over the last two weeks, a specific multisign wallet associated with MakerDAO has transferred approximately $14.4 million in MKR tokens to various cryptocurrency exchanges. Based on Spot On Chain’s report, some … Read more