Blockchain Roundup: NFTs’ Record Low Royalties, Phishing Attacks, Digital Rupee and Yuan Adoption, Danish Crypto Regulations and More

June 2023 marked the lowest level of NFT royalties, yet 342 projects raked in royalties over $1M, and twenty crossed the $10M threshold. In other news, RBI is in talks with 18 countries for adopting the digital rupee for cross-border transactions, and Saxo Bank has been ordered to offload its crypto asset portfolio due to regulatory concerns.

Exploring Offline CBDC Payments: Balancing Privacy, Fraud, and Accessibility

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) explores offline central bank digital currency (CBDC) payments and their potential risks, including counterfeit threats and privacy issues, in a collaborative project with Consult Hyperion. The BIS emphasizes the importance of interoperability, risk management systems, and collaboration between public and private sectors for secure and reliable digital currency environments.

Blockchain vs Traditional Payments: A Detailed Analysis of Utility, Constraints and Potential

Cross-border payments demonstrate the utility of digital currencies, yet adoption faces challenges like technological issues, competition, and regulatory constraints. Blockchain Officer, Paul Brody, suggests basic fiat payments are faster and cheaper through centralized systems, while blockchain payments can impact speed and cost due to duplication across nodes. Blockchain’s potential may not lie in replacing existing models, but in altering the transaction rules through tokenization and inherent programmability.

Exploring FedNow’s Implications: An Unintentional Preparation for CBDC or a Privacy Nightmare?

“The U.S. Federal Reserve’s FedNow initiative may inadvertently pave the way for the necessary infrastructure required by a potential CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) in the U.S. While not a digital token, it creates a platform that could facilitate this. The prospect has raised fresh concerns over potential surveillance and control around a digital dollar.”

Demise of the Dollar: Kiyosaki’s Forecast and the Golden Opportunity for Crypto

Esteemed financial author Robert Kiyosaki forecasts the “demise” of the U.S. dollar following the alliance of BRICS nations to establish a gold-backed currency, predicting a significant Bitcoin surge to $120,000 per coin. Economic shifts and increasing crypto interest indicate a potential upheaval of the dollar’s long-held position as world reserve currency.

BRICS Gold-Backed Digital Currency: Boon or Global Economic Game Changer?

The upcoming BRICS Summit in 2023 may unveil a gold-backed digital currency to enhance financial independence for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, reducing reliance on existing monetary systems like the US Dollar. This unified digital currency could increase investment, growth, trade, and cooperation within BRICS, benefiting the global economy and potentially reducing the dominance of the US Dollar and euro.

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Blueprint: Visionary or Risky Path for Other Countries to Follow?

El Salvador’s Bitcoin strategy, designed to be easily replicated by other countries, could mark the beginning of the end for centralized banking systems, says Max Keiser, senior advisor to President Nayib Bukele. With failures in central banks worldwide, Keiser predicts a “super hyper Bitcoinization” phenomenon in response to “super hyper inflation,” urging countries to adopt Bitcoin or risk struggling in coming generations.

QuadrigaCX Collapse: Creditors to Receive Only 13% of Claims, Raising Crypto Market Concerns

Former QuadrigaCX users will receive only 13% of their total claims as accounting giant Ernst & Young published a notice regarding the 13.094156% payout to each creditor. QuadrigaCX owes CAD $303.1 million across 17,648 claims, including Canada Post and Canada Revenue Agency. The exchange’s collapse in 2019 highlights the need for proper oversight and regulation in the crypto market.