Vitalik suggests Ethereum as a secure digital payment backup as Sweden and Norway shift back to cash

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that if decentralized networks become more robust and private, they can support national efforts to reduce reliance on cash. In a May 25 post on X, Buterin commented on recent developments in Sweden and Norway, where authorities are rethinking their near-total shift toward digital payments. Both countries have led the…

Conservation for cash: Pakistan’s untapped biodiversity credit opportunity

Smoke rises after a fire broke at the Margalla Hills National Park, with Faisal mosque and houses seen in the foreground, amid hot weather in Islamabad, Pakistan May 31, 2024. — Reuters As Pakistan’s rich ecosystems from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s chilgoza pine forests to the Indus Delta face mounting threats from relentless deforestation and climate change, a…