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CBDC Interest Climbs Steadily Over Five Years, Google Trends Data Shows

DIGIT — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 19:05:28 +0000

Google Trends data reveals a consistent increase in search interest for “CBDC,” which stands for central bank digital currency, over the past five years. The term has maintained a score above 20 since August 2022, on a scale of 1 to 100, where 100 signifies peak interest. CBDCs See Consistent Search Growth, Top Regions Include […]

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Jamaican taxi drivers bullish on accepting Jam-Dex CBDC

DIGIT — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 09:15:06 +0000

Jam-Dex would be significantly transformative for the public transportation sector and needs to be embraced, believes Aldo Antonio, co-founder and acting executive chairman of the National Transporters Alliance Group.

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Jamaica’s central bank digital currency and the problems it hopes to solve

DIGIT — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:07:00 +0000

Jamaica’s new central bank digital currency, slated for launch early this year, aims to help address economic issues on the island nation.

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Jamaican central bank to airdrop Jam-Dex CBDC to early adopters

DIGIT — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:35:40 +0000

“Jamaica Digital Exchange” — Jamaica’s soon-to-be-released CBDC — will see citizens with crypto wallets receive a $16 deposit to help spread awareness and usage.

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Crypto Twitter is not happy with the name and logo of Jamaican CBDC

DIGIT — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The Jam-Dex is named after the Jamaican Digital Exchange following a competition. Its slogan is “no cash, no problem.”

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70% of Jamaica population to adopt CBDC in 5 years, prime minister says

DIGIT — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:41:27 +0000

The Caribbean country expects a nationwide CBDC rollout by the end of the first quarter of 2022.

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Bank of Jamaica completes first CBDC pilot

DIGIT — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 09:49:40 +0000

The Bank of Jamaica initially partnered with the Irish cryptography firm eCurrency Mint for its CBDC project in March 2021.

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Bank of Jamaica mints the first batch of national digital currency

DIGIT — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:45:00 +0000

The Bank of Jamaica plans to issue a total of $1.5 million of CBDC to institutions and authorized payment service providers as part of a pilot ending this December.

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Bank of Jamaica to begin digital currency pilot in August

DIGIT — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:32:41 +0000

The Bank of Jamaica is getting ready to begin testing its planned central bank digital currency in collaboration with financial institutions in the country.

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UK Bitcoin wallet provider Caricoin to create NFT platform for reggae artists

DIGIT — Mon, 17 May 2021 13:17:49 +0000

Reggae and dancehall musicians in the Caribbean may soon have a non-fungible token platform to help gain greater control of their creative work.

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