21 February 2023 Central Bank of Russia to test digital ruble transactions The Central Bank of Russia has revealed its plans to launch a series of tests involving digital ruble transactions between real customers
20 February 2023 Russian search engine Yandex adds crypto to its currency converter The Russia-based Yandex search engine has updated its currency converter and now shows cryptocurrency rates in a number of fiat currencies
20 February 2023 Japan to test digital yen use via a pilot programme The Bank of Japan has revealed its plans to launch a pilot programme to test the use of the digital yen after two years of experiments in April 2023
16 February 2023 European Commission launches a blockchain regulatory sandbox The European Commission has launched a new regulatory sandbox for innovative use cases involving Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT)
15 February 2023 Credit Suisse enters a strategic partnership with Taurus Credit Suisse has entered a strategic partnership with Switzerland-based digital asset infrastructure provider Taurus
16 February 2023 Mercuryo partners ConsenSys to simplify the crypto purchasing process Crypto payment solution Mercuryo has partnered with US-based blockchain software company ConsenSys to streamline crypto purchases
16 February 2023 Ukraine expedites e-hryvnia development Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation has announced its intention to boost efforts to finalise the development of the nation's electronic hryvnia (e-hryvnia)
15 February 2023 Solvo launches a crypto app for users in the EU and the UK Cryptocurrency startup Solvo has launched a new crypto app in a bid to make digital assets more accessible and appealing for new users