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95% of winners in China’s CBDC lottery spent digital yuan prizes
19.10.2020
Some winners purchased additional digital yuan during the pilot
Wanted: Economist for Digital Currencies, Fintech as Bank of Canada Studies a Possible CBDC
18.10.2020
The move comes as the central bank continues to research how a central bank digital currency would work as well as the possible risks
With job listing, Canada’s central bank takes additional steps towards a CBDC
18.10.2020
The winning candidate's primary task will be to monitor the latest developments related to electronic money, but also research “the development of a CBDC”
BTC Transfers, CBDC Airdrops, Regulatory Warnings and 20 Crypto Jokes
17.10.2020
It was a fun crypto week. OKEx suspended withdrawals as they couldn't get in touch with a private key holder. Also, somebody moved Satoshi era 1,000 bitcoin again, Marc van der Chijs told us that hodling bitcoin would've been a better strategy than trying to outperform it, Kraken researchers said...
Law Decoded: The rivalry between central banks and global stablecoins, Oct. 9–16
16.10.2020
Talk of CBDCs and Facebook's Libra headlined this week's policy news, as international organizations weigh in on both
Bank of Spain to Weigh Digital Currency Design Proposals, ‘Implications’ Through 2021
16.10.2020
The "priority" research comes as Spain weighs a global pivot to digital economies
Digital Euro Within Decade ‘Very Likely,’ Says Finland’s Chief Central Banker
16.10.2020
Olli Rehn believes a digital euro "in one form or another" is all but inevitable
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set For New Record High + More News
16.10.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty, or the measure of how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, is expected to rise more than...
The Bahamas Wants to Use its CBDC on International Stage
16.10.2020
When it comes to developing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), the international focus has been on China, Europe and North America – but it appears that one small Caribbean nation has stolen a march on both Asia and the West, with a digital currency to be issued next week already being lined...
Five Russian banks express interest in piloting digital ruble
16.10.2020
The first pilots of Russia’s digital currency are expected to launch in H1 2021
Former PwC partner to launch New Zealand ‘Power Dollar’ stablecoin
16.10.2020
Power Finance, led by former PwC partner, plans to launch a New Zealand digital dollar stablecoin early next year
Central banks should be ready with CBDCs, says Bank of Canada exec
15.10.2020
Timothy Lane says the central bank is developing a CBDC at "a good pace.”
‘No single digital currency will dominate the world’ Bank of Japan now says
15.10.2020
Japan's policymakers appear disconcerted by the advancement in China's CBDC iniative
The Bahamas central bank wants to make its digital 'Sand Dollar' global
15.10.2020
The Bahamas’ digital currency is currently used domestically
Starbucks and McDonald’s reportedly not testing China’s digital yuan
14.10.2020
Starbucks and McDonald’s are reportedly not part of the 3,000 merchants piloting China’s CBDC
Digital Yuan Recipient Says Chinese CBDC Is ‘Just Like Using Alipay’
14.10.2020
Many of the recipients of the recent digital yuan giveaway have spoken out to news agencies and on social media as the first non-testbed users of the forthcoming central bank digital currency (CBDC) start spending their tokens – with some stating that using the token is “no different” from using...
Reserve Bank of Australia still researching the CBDC it says it doesn’t need
14.10.2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia is continuing to explore how to design and operate a CBDC
Australian Central Bank Sees ‘No Strong Public Policy Case’ for CBDC
14.10.2020
The Australian central bank does not see a strong case for issuing a retail central bank digital currency, its head of payments policy said
The IMF, G20 and BIS Gear Up for the Central Bank Digital Currency Era
13.10.2020
New reports on digital currency design principles and regulatory standards show just how quickly the world’s bankers are moving
Blockchain Bites: G20’s CBDC Rules, Ethereum 2.0’s Tests, Blockchain’s $1.7T Boost
13.10.2020
PricewaterhouseCoopers thinks blockchain will add $1.7 trillion to the global economy while the G20 mulls CBDCs