Cambodia

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Most Influential 2021: Serey Chea
Project Bakong stands apart from other nation digital currency experiments. Chea brought Cambodia’s moonshot into being.
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia
SBI Ripple Asia Launches Cambodia's First Cross-Border Remittance Service Using Blockchain
The service uses RippleNet to create a payments corridor between banks in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Project Bakong is named after Cambodia's eponymous sandstone temple.
Cambodia Central Bank Launches Bakong Blockchain Payments System
Cambodia sees Bakong as a critical step in modernizing its payment system and de-dollarizing its economy.
Project Bakong is named after Cambodia's eponymous sandstone temple.

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Bitcoin News Roundup for June 22, 2020
With gold up and the price of bitcoin treading water, today we're talking academic piracy and Cambodia's blockchain plot to escape the dollar.
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The Unsolved Mystery of How to Fund Public Protocols
Gitcoin, BCash and Zcash all try different paths to fund public protocol development, plus the latest in CBDCs from Japan and Cambodia and Andrew Yang on crypto.
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Cambodia Readies a Blockchain-Based Digital Currency
Cambodia's central bank digital currency platform has the support of 11 national banks and will be used initially for domestic payments once launched at some point during the...
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Cambodia's Central Bank Testing Digital Wallet to Ease Cross-Border Payments
Cambodia’s Central Bank wants to slash the cost of cross-border payments and is studying how its Bakong digital wallet might help.
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National Bank of Cambodia
Crypto Trading Without License Is 'Illegal,' Cambodian Regulators Say
Buying, selling, trading and settlement of cryptocurrencies is now illegal without a license, according to a statement from Cambodian authorities.
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Cambodia's Central Bank Pushes Ahead with Blockchain Payments Trials
The National Bank of Cambodia has said it will continue to develop interbank payment solutions using blockchain tech.
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Cambodia's Central Bank Signs Deal to Develop Blockchain Tech
Add Cambodia's central bank to the list of major financial market managers investigating blockchain and distributed ledger tech.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia