What Is Digital Currency? Digital currency is any currency that’s available exclusively in electronic form. Electronic versions of currency already dominate most countries’ financial systems. What differentiates digital currency from the electronic currency that’s already in bank accounts is that digital currency never takes physical form.
Despite the potential benefits of a U.S. CBDC, it remains a concept for now. Around the world, other countries are a little further along with digital currencies. According to the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Tracker, 10 countries have fully launched a digital currency, and China is on course to expand […]
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Betolar and three Indian concrete manufacturers have entered into commercial agreements to use a low-carbon Geoprime solution that uses industrial side streams for a cement alternative. The contract partners are Sneh Precast, Shiv Tiles and Balaiji Cement Products. The companies’ product offering focuses on various concrete products for infrastructure and environmental construction, such as pipes and […]
This is a non-market factor but it can still greatly impact a business. The political-legal environment is a combination of a lot of factors such as the current political party in power, the degree of politicization of trade and industry, the efficiency of the current government, government policies, current legal framework, the public attitude towards the economy, etc. All […]
