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Nigeria’s Central Bank Orders Banks to Close Accounts of All Crypto Users
5.2.2021
Any breaches of the order would face "severe regulatory sanctions," the central bank warned
Central Bank of Nigeria bans banks from servicing crypto exchanges
5.2.2021
Nigeria's central bank has prohibited commercial banks from providing account services to crypto exchanges
Hedge or cyclical? Eternal debate on Bitcoin’s status sees a new twist
4.2.2021
Crypto might not be a great hedge in the strict traditional sense, but it can guard investors against policy and currency risks
Visa Pilots System to Help Banks Provide Crypto Services Including Buying, Trading, Custody of Bitcoin
3.2.2021
Visa is piloting a new system to enable banks to seamlessly integrate crypto features. Using Visa’s crypto APIs, banks can offer a number of cryptocurrency services to their customers, including the buying, trading, and custody of bitcoin. Visa announced Wednesday a partnership with First...
Visa Signals Further Crypto Ambitions With API Pilot for Bank Customers to Buy Bitcoin
3.2.2021
Visa is working with Anchorage to allow customers at traditional banks to "buy and sell digital assets such as Bitcoin."
These Two Firms Want to Upgrade Crypto Infrastructure for Banks and Exchanges
2.2.2021
Custody tech provider METACO and forex trading platform Cobalt have teamed up in a bid to rewire the financial system to handle cryptocurrency
Colombian Banks to Work with Exchanges on Year-long Crypto Pilot
2.2.2021
Colombian banks are set to form an unlikely alliance, with some of the nation’s biggest crypto exchanges set to work together on a cryptoasset transactions pilot.
Per Semana, the pilot will, in most cases see crypto exchanges join forces with a bank to test how financial institutions can use crypto...
Aave’s Founder Angel Invests to Grow DeFi’s Head Start on the Banks
29.1.2021
Stani Kulechov has backed nearly 40 projects in his search for founders who see two or three moves ahead
Irish central bank governor says crypto investors could lose all their money
29.1.2021
Despite being worried about consumer protection, the central banker is confident that Bitcoin is no threat to financial stability
BIS Chief Banker Criticizes Bitcoin as Inherently Risky, Says BTC Vulnerable to 51% Attack
29.1.2021
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) general manager Agustin Carstens has criticized bitcoin saying the asset was inherently risky and “increasingly vulnerable” to a 51% attack. A long time bitcoin (BTC) skeptic, Carstens stressed that only central banks should be issuing digital...
SBI Holdings and SMFG to launch digital securities exchange in 2022
28.1.2021
The upcoming digital stock exchange is expected to be the first Japanese exchange to trade digital securities using blockchain technology
Central banks must play ‘pivotal role’ in digital money, says BIS exec
28.1.2021
An exec at the Bank for International Settlements wants central banks to helm the evolution of digital money
86% Of Surveyed Central Banks Now Engage In CBDC Work - BIS
27.1.2021
As the world’s central banks are increasingly looking into central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects, their focus is shifting into more advanced stages of CBDC engagement, with more banks moving from conceptual work to experimentation, according to a new report by the Bank for International...
Central banks representing a fifth of world’s population likely to issue CBDC in 3 years: BIS
27.1.2021
Many nations are moving to advanced stages of CBDC engagement, according to the Bank for International Settlements
Circle enables seamless USDC-USD transfers, providing a bridge from banks to DeFi
27.1.2021
The result of developments in both crypto technology and regulation, Circle’s new USDC API provides a bridge between crypto and traditional finance
Reserve Bank of India 'exploring the possibility' of a digital currency
25.1.2021
The bank still claimed that government bodies and regulators in India are both “skeptical” and “apprehensive” about crypto
Bank of Singapore Says Crypto Could Replace Gold as Store of Value
25.1.2021
Cryptocurrencies need to overcome a number of hurdles first, though, according to a research note
Always Have a Charge on You With This $19 4-Pack of Mophie Power Banks
24.1.2021
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Some Russian officials are being forced to sell their crypto by April 2021
22.1.2021
Some Russian public officials have to disclose their crypto holdings, while other officials are obliged to hold zero crypto by April 1, according to a new law
BIS Plans Platform for Testing Central Bank Digital Currencies in Cross-Border Payments
22.1.2021
The new platform was announced as part of the BIS Innovation Hub's priorities and programs for 2021