The Bank for International Settlements polled 66 central banks last year. The results? 1.5 billion people will use CBDCs by 2023
All that is gold does not glitter—particularly the Tether Gold stablecoin. (Photo: Linda Hamilton via Pixabay)Tether launches gold-backed cryptocurrency
The new Tether Gold tokens will be backed by one fine troy ounce of gold stored in a secure Swiss vault, the company said
Tether launched a gold-backed cryptocurrency, tether gold (XAUT), that can be redeemed for one fine troy ounce of gold stored in a secure Swiss vault—assuming you can redeem 430 tokens currently worth about $670,000 at once.
Algorand puts air quality test results on a blockchain
The DeFi-focused blockchain firm is teaming up with PlanetWatch to create an immutable record of global air quality test results
In addition to using Algorand’s open-source, permissionless blockchain to quickly disseminate and permanently record pollution readings, PlanetWatch plans to use it to reward volunteers who maintain pollution sensors with Planet utility tokens.
Pornhub now accepts tether for model payments
The world’s biggest porn site now accepts the world’s biggest stablecoin
Visitors to Pornhub, which boasted 42 billion visits in 2019, can now pay live webcam models with tether via the Tron wallet, the site announced yesterday. The move follows PayPal’s announcement in November that it would stop supporting payments for the hugely popular pornographic website.
