India announces plans to launch national blockchain-based digital currency

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India announces plans to launch blockchain-based digital currency
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India announces plans to launch blockchain-based digital currency

Digital rupee could launch as soon as this year

Nirmala Sitharaman, India's finance minister, announced on Tuesday that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has plans to issue a digital version of the rupee, with pilot projects for a central bank dig...

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