4 Years Ago

Digital payments and currencies: will the West be able to catch China?

It would seem, on the face of it, that many so-called sophisticated Western economies and their central bankers are juxtaposed to the way in which China is approaching digital currencies. The Chinese are continuing to roll out their own version of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to cover a total of 10 cities, spanning 100 million people. According to Coinidol: “Over 200 vendors employed to hold the 2022 games began enabling digital payments conducted with the help of e-CNY. Among other items, the Chinese will be able to...


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How the healthcare sector is using Blockchain technology

 

“Blockchain technology has the potential to transform health care, placing the patient at the center of the health care ecosystem and increasing the security, privacy, and interoperability of health data. This technology could provide a new model for health information exchanges (HIE) by making electronic medical records more efficient, disintermediated, and secure. While it is not a panacea, this new, rapidly evolving field provides fertile ground for experimentation, investment, and proof-of-concept testing”.​

 

Wow, what an optimistic quote from Deloitte - but what is the reality? Is Blockchain simply another ‘buzz’ word being brandished about...


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