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Jamaica

Internet Freedom Foundation calls India’s BitChat GitHub takedown order ‘unconstitutional’

Nate KostarJul 24, 2026

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Bitchat hits No. 2 on app charts in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa strikes

Oct 29, 2025

Brayden Lindrea

Global policymakers are still pushing CBDCs despite their failures

Dec 6, 2023

Nicholas Anthony

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Jamaican taxi drivers bullish on accepting Jam-Dex CBDC

Aug 30, 2023

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Jamaica’s central bank digital currency and the problems it hopes to solve

Mar 25, 2022

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Jamaican central bank to airdrop Jam-Dex CBDC to early adopters

Mar 11, 2022

Tom Mitchelhill

Jamaica: All latest articles

Crypto Twitter is not happy with the name and logo of Jamaica’s CBDC

The Jam-DEX is named after the Jamaican Digital Exchange following a competition. Its slogan is “no cash, no problem!”

Feb 22, 2022

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70% of Jamaica population to adopt CBDC in 5 years, prime minister says

The Caribbean country expects a nationwide CBDC rollout by the end of the first quarter of 2022.

Jan 17, 2022

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Bank of Jamaica completes first CBDC pilot

The Bank of Jamaica initially partnered with the Irish cryptography firm eCurrency Mint for its CBDC project in March 2021.

Jan 3, 2022

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Bank of Jamaica mints the first batch of national digital currency

The Bank of Jamaica plans to issue a total of $1.5 million of CBDC to institutions and authorized payment service providers as part of a pilot ending this December.

Aug 10, 2021

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Bank of Jamaica to begin digital currency pilot in August

The Bank of Jamaica is getting ready to begin testing its planned central bank digital currency in collaboration with financial institutions in the country.

Jul 7, 2021

Osato Avan-Nomayo

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UK Bitcoin wallet provider Caricoin to create NFT platform for reggae artists

Reggae and dancehall musicians in the Caribbean may soon have a nonfungible token platform to help gain greater control of their creative work.

May 17, 2021

Osato Avan-Nomayo

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Jamaica's central bank taps Irish tech outfit for CBDC project

The Bank of Jamaica has partnered with an Ireland-based tech firm for its central bank digital currency project scheduled to begin in May.

Mar 26, 2021

Osato Avan-Nomayo

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Bank of Jamaica Invites Tech Companies to Test Digital Currency Solutions

Jamaica’s central bank has invited technology solution providers to develop and test a potential CBDC.

Jul 21, 2020

Mohammad Musharraf

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Eastern Caribbean Stock Exchange to Trial Tokenized Security Offerings

The Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange is partnering with Canadian fintech firm Blockstation to trial tokenized security offerings.

Mar 10, 2020