The Central Bank of Russia has indefinitely postponed the full launch of the digital ruble project and there is no new timetable. It is reported that the Central Bank of Russia began testing its digital currency in August 2023 through a limited pilot program, which involved 12 banks and about 600 employees. Wallet functions, money transfers and automatic payments have been tested. Businesses are also exploring the use of the digital ruble for transactions, with preliminary plans to achieve wider adoption by July 2025. Elvira Nabiullina, the governor of the Russian Central Bank, allegedly confirmed the extension, stressing that the additional time will help the Financial Institution Group adopt a model suitable for its clients. She also stressed that the delayed launch is to ensure that the digital ruble benefits all stakeholders.
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On June 15 local time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is willing to stop Iran's actions if it accepts the United States' demand to give up its nuclear program. He also said, "When we eliminate these capabilities, this will end, and we will definitely do it." Netanyahu said Israel had shared intelligence with the United States that Iran was developing nuclear weapons: "It is clear that they are developing a secret program to weaponize uranium. Their progress...
According to a report released by the Pew Research Center in 2024, both African Americans and Asian Americans own cryptocurrencies at a higher rate than whites. The data shows that 28% of Asian Americans and about 20% of African American adults report owning cryptocurrencies, compared to only 14% of white adults.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Prime Minister Mark Starmer are advancing trade and technology cooperation, while Canada will introduce legislation to approve Britain's entry into the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
HSBC Hong Kong is promoting the use of blockchain in custody, tokenization, and bond issuance. RWA tokenization on public blockchains is expected to surge in the next 2-5 years.
The idea that encryption can help build better artificial intelligence systems and vice versa is not new, but it is often ill-defined.
Some cross-cutting areas - such as validating "proofs of human sexuality" in the context of low-cost artificial intelligence systems - have attracted builders and users.
But other use cases seem to be years or even decades away.
Binance has noticed significant price volatility in ZKJ and KOGE. Preliminary investigations have found that this is mainly due to the withdrawal of large holders from on-chain liquidity and chain clearing houses in the market.
In order to maintain the fairness and stability of the market and reduce the systemic risk caused by excessive concentration, Binance will adjust the calculation rules of Alpha Points. As of 00:00 (UTC) on June 17, 2025, the trading volume of trading pairs between Alpha tokens will no longer be included in the calculation of AlphaPoints.
According to Artemis data, today's Ethereum net inflow is $153.10 million, Solana net inflow is $3.50 million; Base net outflow is $153.70 million, Arbitrum net outflow is $3 million.