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Coronavirus Driving Interest in CBDCs, Say Central Bank Chiefs

6.11.2020
Central banks meeting in Russia said the coronavirus pandemic is a driving force behind growing interest in national digital currencies

Bitcoin Volatility Expected to Rise After the US Presidential Election

4.11.2020
While the United States prepares for the results of the 2020 Presidential Election, a number of data points and traders expect some significant cryptocurrency price fluctuations this week. Statistics from skew.com show bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility has increased to 59% while 3-6 month...

Federal Reserve Staff Sluiced Wall Street Bankers With Trillions From the Comfort of Their Mansions

3.11.2020
While American citizens wait for bureaucrats to pass a new coronavirus relief package, the Federal Reserve has continued to serve corporate interests and the banking cartel. Behind the curtains from the comfort of their own mansions, members of the Fed have given more stimulus to crony Wall Street...

Central Banks Dump Gold for the First Time Since 2010, Precious Metal Drops 9% Since August High

30.10.2020
A few central banks have started selling tons of gold for the first time since 2010 in order to ease the financial suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic. At $1,875 per ounce, gold prices are down -9.63% since the commodity’s high of $2,075 on August 6. Even though gold has dropped...

Will they or won't they? Central banks eye each other's digital currency moves

29.10.2020
Canada's central bank recognizes that CBDCs are a necessarily international issue

13 Things Fed Should Mull Over Before a Digital Dollar Launch

27.10.2020
The US Federal Reserve should look into more than a dozen major matters before launching its central bank digital currency (CBDC), a digital dollar, including safety, fairness, inclusion, interoperability, and resilience among others, found Global Digital Finance (GDF), an industry body working...

Benoit Coeure Reveals BIS Plan for CBDC Trial Starting in 2020

26.10.2020
BIS is planning a proof-of-concept trial of a CBDC in collaboration with the Swiss central bank

Digital Ruble ‘Promising,’ Pilot Likely in 2021, Says Bank of Russia Chief

23.10.2020
The Bank of Russia might launch its own CBDC, a digital ruble, after piloting the project at the end of next year, its chairwoman said

Philippines Central Bank Governor: No Digital Peso Before 2023

22.10.2020
The central bank won’t pursue a CBDC for the duration of Governor Benjamin Diokno's term, which ends in 2023

Payments Giant Paypal Says Its Customers Can Now Buy and Sell Bitcoin

21.10.2020
Payments giant Paypal says its customers can now buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other virtual coins with the company’s online wallets. The company also says its customers will able to use cryptocurrencies to shop at the 26 million merchants on its network starting in early 2021. A report...

Major Meeting of Central Banks Produces Same Old ‘Evaluating’ CBDCs Refrain

19.10.2020
CBDCs continue to draw attention from central bankers, but panelists at an IMF event – including the Fed Reserve – do not expect to see their nations launch one soon

Digital Ruble Could Be Tool Against Sanctions, Bank of Russia Says

19.10.2020
Russia's central bank says a digital ruble could make Russia less dependent on the U.S. dollar and more resistant to foreign sanctions

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

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.”

Blockchain firm Monerium thinks Europe 'already has' a digital euro

14.10.2020
The ECB should grant e-money issuers access to central bank reserves, says Monerium

Central Banks Haven’t Made a Good Case for Digital Currencies: WSJ’s Heard on the Street

12.10.2020
Central banks are rushing into digital currencies without considering how the risks might outweigh any benefits, the column argues

Non-committal CBDC Report Highlights BIS, Central Banks’ Indecision

9.10.2020
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and a group of leading-economy central banks has issued a report outlining what they believe the key principles of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) should be – but yet again went to great pains to sit on the fence when it comes to the matter...