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Bank of Japan Appoints Top Economist to Head Up CBDC Research Team

31.7.2020
The Bank of Japan insists it has no immediate plans to issue a digital yen, but research into the potential of CBDCs continues apace

Fidelity Digital Assets Quotes Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto in Latest Investment Thesis

31.7.2020
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA) quotes Satoshi Nakamoto in its latest investment thesis report. The thesis is part of a series of reports examining the perspectives driving interest and investment in bitcoin. FDA is affiliated with Fidelity through parent company Fidelity Management & Research...

Stimulus Is Failing: Global Banks to Break Support Levels, US Dollar Plummets to 2-Year Low

31.7.2020
Central banks worldwide have injected further stimulus into the economy, as European Union (EU) leaders recently approved a $2.1 trillion budget, the Bank of England boosted stimulus injections in mid-June, and the Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that it would keep lending until the end...

Central Banks Are Privacy Providers of Last Resort

30.7.2020
If central banks issue digital currencies, they'll be thrown into a debate about financial privacy in the modern era. Is that what they want?

Russian Roulette: Central Bank Calls Crypto Investment ‘Gambling’

29.7.2020
The crypto-skeptic Russian Central Bank (CB) has taken another swipe at crypto – equating investment in digital tokens to “playing roulette” or investing in “pyramid schemes.” Meanwhile, some experts have suggested that new Russian “suspicious funds” seizure laws could be applied to crypto...

US Bank Regulator: Dollars on Blockchain ‘Better Than Central Bank Monopoly on the Payments System’

29.7.2020
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks points to existing stablecoin projects as an example for U.S. payments infrastructure

Philippines Central Bank Becomes the Latest to Consider Issuing a CBDC

29.7.2020
The Philippine central bank has confirmed in a virtual briefing that it has formed a committee to look into issuing a digital currency

Cambodians Still Waiting on Central Bank Digital Currency

29.7.2020
Somewhat behind schedule, Cambodia’s banks are readying themselves for a forthcoming national blockchain-based currency

Digital Yen Now ‘Top Priority’ for Japan Central Bank, Says Senior Official

29.7.2020
The comments mark a shift in priority for Japan as it seeks to counter the economic threat from regional rival China

Philippines Central Bank May Decide on CBDC Issuance by Next Month

29.7.2020
Another day, another central bank said it (conditionally) wants to issue a digital currency. This week it is the turn of the Philippines, whose central bank has created a committee that will examine the feasibility and policy implications of issuing a digital version of the fiat peso. The committee...

Russia’s Central Bank Keeps Insisting That Crypto Is ‘Criminal’

28.7.2020
Russia’s central bank argues that crypto purchases are not considered an investment

A1 Telekom Austria Adds Bitcoin to Payment Service for Thousands of Retailers

28.7.2020
Austria’s leading telecom company, A1 Telekom Austria Group, has announced that its merchant payment service now accepts cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, for cashless payments. The company operates in seven countries and has 25 million customers. A1 Telekom Austria Group is a leading...

China and US Must Learn From One Another and Collaborate on CBDC

28.7.2020
The governments of China and the U.S. frame digital currency as part of their great-power competition, but instead they should work on this technology together

Anyswap’s Decentralized Cross Chain Swap Protocol vs. Centralized Exchanges

28.7.2020
The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists. The long-awaited Anyswap decentralized cross chain swap protocol, based on Fusion ($FSN)DCRM technology, is due to be launched on July 20th. Anyswap will usher a new era of interoperability between finance...

Private Sector Could Bring Value to Future CBDC Launches, Says IMF Official

27.7.2020
A director at the IMF has spoken of the value the private sector could bring to central bank digital currencies, should they be adopted by nations

Visa Moving to Integrate With Digital Currency Platforms

26.7.2020
Visa says it is working to integrate digital currencies with its existing global network of 61 million merchants. The global payments technology giant is working with two licensed and regulated digital currency platforms, Coinbase and Fold. In a blog post, Visa says the emergence of fiat-backed...