Residents and firms based in China’s Fujian Province have reportedly processed almost $22 billion worth of digital yuan transactions to date – as the nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) continues to gather pace.
The province was added to the CBDC pilot zone last year. And it broke ground in October when it conducted the nation’s first digital yuan-powered land transfer deal….
Read More: China’s Fujian Province Has Processed $22bn Worth of Digital Yuan – Are CBDCs Taking Over?

The rise of ChatGPT and Google Bard has fuelled an explosion of interest in artificial intelligence (AI) technology this year, and crypto markets haven’t missed a beat.
February’s ‘AI narrative’ saw blockchain-based AI projects skyrocket in value. As the paramount AI ecosystem in the space, Fetch.ai saw a jaw-dropping 550% surge as the promise of a decentralized P2P AI framework gained huge traction….
Read More: Fetch.ai CEO Shares Insights on 2023 Roadmap and Micro Agent Launch – Future of AI and Crypto?

Amidst the chaos of last weekend’s banking collapses and a major stablecoin depegging, investors found solace in a surprising asset class: tokenized diamonds. 
As market volatility peaked, reports from CoinDesk show that sales in digitized diamonds skyrocketed by 300%, with Diamond Standard’s marketplace leading the charge. 
Founder and CEO Cormac Kinney confirms that the surge in trading volume was so significant that the Diamond Standard Spot Market remained open nonstop….
Read More: Tokenized Diamond Market Booms Amid Crypto Banking Crisis as Investors Seek Hard Assets – Here’s What You Need to Know

The XRP price has increased by 2.5% in the past 24 hours, rising to $0.375464 amid a 5% gain for the cryptocurrency market as a whole.
Its current price equals a 0.5% gain in the past week, although the altcoin is also down by 2% in the past month, while it’s up by 10% since the beginning of 2023.
While XRP has underperformed over the past week relative to the rest of the market, this puts it in an undervalued position where it can post above-average gains in the coming months….
Read More: XRP Price Prediction as $900 Million Trading Volume Comes In – Are Whales Buying Before the Ripple Lawsuit Conclusion?