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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged the former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital with fraud. The regulator accused Stephen Ehrlich and the company of luring investors with promises of high-yield returns while breaking derivatives rules. Ehrlich was also sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). U.S. Commodities Regulator Takes Legal Action Against Former Chief Executive of Voyager The CFTC filed a lawsuit against co-founder and ex-CEO of Voyager Digital, Stephen Ehrlich. The complaint submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York charges him with fraud and registration failures in connection with Voyager and the operation of an unregistered commodity pool, the Commission announced . The U.S. regulator also alleged that Ehrlich and the company falsely touted Voyager as a “safe haven” offering an opportunity to earn high-yield returns, of up 12%, in order to lure customers to purchase and store digital assets

India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has initiated a pilot for a second use case of its wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC), focusing on the call money market. The Indian central bank reportedly plans to expand its e-rupee testing to cover the entire wholesale segment, including asset tokenization and repo transactions. RBI Begins Testing Second Use Case of Its Wholesale CBDC India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has begun testing its wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the call money market, Money Control reported Thursday, citing two unnamed people who claimed to be aware of the development. One of them was quoted as saying: We have started the wholesale CBDC pilot in the call money market and some deals have also taken place. The call money market is an essential part of the Indian money market, where banks and other financial institutions trade their surplus funds overnight or for a few days at market rates. Nine

Mastercard says its new solution that enables central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to be tokenized or wrapped onto different blockchains provides consumers with “a new option to participate in commerce across multiple blockchains with increased security and ease.” A Mastercard executive described: “As the digital economy continues to mature, Mastercard has seen demand from consumers to participate in commerce across multiple blockchains, including public blockchains.” Mastercard’s New CBDC Tokenization Solution Payments giant Mastercard announced Thursday that it has “successfully demonstrated capabilities of a new solution that enables CBDCs to be tokenized (or ‘wrapped’) onto different blockchains.” The company stated that this solution will provide consumers with “a new option to participate in commerce across multiple blockchains with increased security and ease.” Richard Wormald, Mastercard Australasia’s division president, commented: “As the digital economy continues to ma