Brazil’s CBDC Pilot Reportedly Delayed to 2025 Due to Lack of Privacy Safeguards: Details

Brazil’s CBDC Pilot Reportedly Delayed to 2025 Due to Lack of Privacy Safeguards: Details

Brazil has reportedly halted the pilot testing of Drex, its central bank digital currency (CBDC), The pilot of the country’s first CBDC will take place by 2025, as the Central Bank of Brazil has found blockchain privacy solutions to be insufficient, which could cause financial inconvenience to Brazilian nationals, according…

Are seed-sowing drones the answer to global deforestation? | Environment News

Are seed-sowing drones the answer to global deforestation? | Environment News

Santa Cruz Cabralia, Bahia, Brazil – With a loud whir, the drone takes flight. Minutes later, the humming sound gives way to a distinctive rattling as the machine, hovering about 20 metres above the ground, begins unloading its precious cargo and a cocktail of seeds rains down onto the land…

Brazil flooding death toll hits 100 as government pledges aid | Floods News

Brazil flooding death toll hits 100 as government pledges aid | Floods News

Crews race to rescue survivors as floodwaters displace 160,000 people across southern state of Rio Grade do Sul. The death toll from tremendous flooding in southern Brazil has reached 100, the local civil defence agency said, as emergency crews continued to search for dozens of missing people. Nearly 400 municipalities…

‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands | Floods News

‘Desperate’ rescues under way as Brazil floods kill 90, displace thousands | Floods News

Rescuers are rushing to evacuate people stranded by floodwaters across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, where at least 90 people have been killed and more than 130 others are missing. The state capital of Porto Alegre has been virtually cut off by the flooding, with the…

At least 75 killed, more than 100 others missing in Brazil floods | Climate Crisis News

At least 75 killed, more than 100 others missing in Brazil floods | Climate Crisis News

More than 88,000 people are displaced as floods hit Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state. Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities have said. Damage from the…

‘It’s going to be worse’: Brazil braces for more pain amid record flooding | Floods News

‘It’s going to be worse’: Brazil braces for more pain amid record flooding | Floods News

The death toll has climbed to 56 in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, with tens of thousands displaced. Overpowering floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains are continuing to sweep southern Brazil, killing at least 56 people and forcing tens of thousands out of their homes, the government…

Rains, mudslides kill 29 in southern Brazil’s ‘worst disaster’ | Floods News

Rains, mudslides kill 29 in southern Brazil’s ‘worst disaster’ | Floods News

The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 29, with at least 60 people missing, according to the state’s civil defence agency. The authorities in Rio Grande do Sul have declared a state of emergency as rescuers continue to search for…

‘Happened very fast’: At least 10 killed, 13 injured in Brazil fire | News

‘Happened very fast’: At least 10 killed, 13 injured in Brazil fire | News

Forensic experts in Porto Alegre are working to determine the cause of the blaze and identify the victims. At least 10 people have been killed after a fire broke out at a defunct hotel being used as a makeshift homeless shelter in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, officials…