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July 25, 2025

Palau developing DLT government bond issuance solution

Image by Ledger Insights   The nation of Palau has contracted with DLT firm Soramitsu Labs to build a government bond issuance platform, the Nikkei reported. The Pacific island nation has a population of less than 20,000 who it is ...

July 25, 2025

Federal Reserve takes enforcement action against Customers Bank re digital assets

Image by Ledger Insights   Customers Bancorp operates a 24/7 DLT-based payment system, Customers Bank Instant Token (CBIT), which is used by many companies in the digital asset sector, including Galaxy Digital, Coinbase, Circle, Gemini and Kraken. Yesterday the U.S. ...

July 25, 2025

Computer love: AI-powered chatbots are changing how we understand romantic and sexual well-being

Over the past decade, virtual assistants powered by artificial intelligence, like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, have become integral to technologies such as smartphones and social media.   More recently, a new type of human-like chatbots are on the rise: ...

July 17, 2025

Google Pay, Walmart-backed PhonePe to join India’s CBDC pilot

In April, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shri Shaktikanta Das announced plans to expand its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot beyond banks. Last month the central bank said payment providers would join the digital rupee pilot this quarter. ...

July 17, 2025

Thai digital money giveaway highlights programmable money challenges

Image by Ledger Insights.   Thai digital money giveaway highlights programmable money challenges   At the start of August, Thailand opened the registration process for the 10,000 baht ($284) digital money giveaway that was part of an election pledge last ...

July 17, 2025

OpenAI Co-Founder Launches AI-Powered Education Startup

Image by The Crypto Times   Andrej Karpathy, a former Tesla AI director and OpenAI co-founder, announced on July 16 the launch of Eureka Labs, a startup aimed at developing “a new kind of school that is AI native.”   ...

July 11, 2025

Thailand launches digital asset sandbox

On Friday Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opened applications for its Digital Asset Regulatory Sandbox. As with most sandboxes, the aim is to explore innovations in the sector which may not currently be allowed by legislation. The term “digital ...