Lithuania launches blockchain coin
The Bank of Lithuania has officially issued its digital collector coin LBCOIN, making it the world’s first digital coin issued by a central bank.
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Excellence in Holography Award winners
An advanced optical anti-counterfeiting solution for banknotes has won at the Excellence in Holography Awards 2019, organised by the industry trade body International Hologram...
China’s central bank joins cross-border digital currency pilot
China's central bank will join a project that looks at utilizing central bank digital currencies (CBDC) for cross-border payments, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS)...
Colour-changing afterglow protects banknotes
A team of chemists in China has discovered a single compound that has a colour-modified afterglow.
According to Chemistry World, this technique could protect banknotes...
European Central Bank Investigates Digital Euro Project
The European Central Bank (ECB) has joined the ranks of central banks around the world who are getting serious about issuing digital currencies. On...
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The beginnings of Keesing Technologies
Keesing was founded in 1911 as a financial archive and grew into a publishing company with multiple magazines and booklets. More than a century...