NASA's Viking mission landed two spacecraft on Mars in 1976, Viking landers 1 and 2. This video by Tom Dahl describes the lander's Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnnzusE1mo
#Mars #Viking #RTGs

Bank of England, Roadmap for the Real-Time Gross Settlement service beyond 2024: Consultation Response Paper, February 13, 2023

— Available here: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/paper/2023/roadmap-for-the-real-time-gross-settlement-service-beyond-2024

#CBDC #digitalcurrency #wholesaleCBDC #retailCBDC #wCBDC #rCBDC #distributedledger #DLT #realtimepayments #RTGS #paymentsystems#banking #financialservices #payments #settlement #API #CHAPS #CARA #crossborderpayments #BankofEngland #centralbanks #England

Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, The digital pound, Bank of England, February 7, 2023

— Available here: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2023/february/jon-cunliffe-speech-at-uk-finance-update-on-central-bank-digital-currency

#digitalPound #CBDC #wholesaleCBDC #retailCBDC #cryptoassets #stablecoin #RTGS #tokenization #digitalcurrency #banking #financialservices #paymentsystems #BankofEngland #centralbanks #HMTreasury #England #UnitedKingdom

#KnowledgeByte:How does International #Payment Systems Works? What is #SWIFT, #RTGS and TARGET2?

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/621b81ff26d1303d47eefadf

Prudential Regulation Authority (Bank of England), Dear Chief Executive Officer letter - Banks active in the UK: 2023 priorities, January 10, 2023

— Available here: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/prudential-regulation/letter/2023/artis-2023-priorities.pdf

#cryptoassets #tokenization #regulation #supervision #governance #banking #financialservices #riskmanagement #internalcontrol #thirdpartyrisk #operationalresilience #ISO20022 #RTGS #England #BankofEngland #centralbanks

Zimbabwe Miners Say Foreign-Exchange Rule Could Trigger Crisis

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-28/zimbabwe-miners-say-foreign-exchange-rule-could-trigger-crisis

"[Zimbabwe] generates more than half of its foreign exchange via mineral exports."

“Foreign currency retention is not a right, but a privilege.”

#Bitcoin  #Zimbabwe #Gold #Miner #Minerals #Mining #ZW #ZWL #ZWL #ZAR
$ZWL $ZAR #USDZWL #ZARZWL #USDZAR $RTGS #Dollar #Rand #RTGS #Export #ForeignCurrency #Foreign #Currency #Africa

Video: Zimbabwe has the Most HODLERS in Africa - January 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpGJ0f7hybA&t=49

"Compared to other African countries, Zimbabwe has the most HODLers, people who buy bitcoin for the long term, believing the price is going to go higher."

#Bitcoin  #LocalBitcoin #P2P #Trading #KYC #Zimbabwe #ZW #ZWL #ZWL #ZAR
$ZWL $ZAR #USDZWL #ZARZWL #USDZAR $RTGS #Dollar #Rand #RTGS #Africa