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Blockchain as One of the Goals of Digital Government Strategy in Brazil
17.5.2020
Digital transformation with blockchain technology on a state level
COVID-19 Incentivizing Crypto and Leading Mainstream Adoption
17.5.2020
The COVID-19 crisis has pushed people to seek alternative technological solutions as blockchain and crypto become more popular
Central Banks Mull Creating a CBDC, but Not on a Blockchain: Survey
15.5.2020
Forty-six central banks would consider a broader form of distributed ledger technology for a CBDC but aren't crazy about putting it on a blockchain
Visa Patent Filing Would Allow Central Banks to Mint Digital Fiat Currencies Using Blockchain
15.5.2020
The filing details a way for fiat currencies, like the U.S. dollar, to be turned into a central bank digital currency
Visa Files Patent for Cryptocurrency System to Replace Cash
15.5.2020
Visa International has filed for a cryptocurrency system patent that is meant to replace physical currency. The system, which utilizes both central banks and commercial banks, leverages a private blockchain to improve the payment ecosystem. Visa’s Cryptocurrency Patent Filing The United...
Digifinex Live AMA Hosts Bitcoin.com Chairman – Roger Ver Talks Stimulus, Useful Cryptocurrencies, Coronavirus
14.5.2020
On May 14, Bitcoin.com Executive Chairman Roger Ver sat down with Digifinex cofounder, Kiana Shek, for an ask-me-anything (AMA) session about the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Ver explained what he thinks about the central banks printing unlimited money, the government-induced lockdowns, and...
China’s Central Bank Proposes a Blockchain-based Trade-Finance Platform
14.5.2020
China’s central bank, along with other government bodies, proposed a blockchain trade financing information platform
Fed Chair Blames Coronavirus, Not ‘Usual Suspects’ for Crashed Economy
14.5.2020
The latest words from Jerome Powell suggest that there is little need to address monetary policy to avoid another market crash
China’s Central Bank Wants to Speed Up Blockchain Adoption
13.5.2020
Officials from the People’s Bank of China push to accelerate adoption of the country’s Fintech Development Plan
Chinese Central Bank Calls for Yet More Blockchain Adoption
13.5.2020
The Chinese central bank’s technology leads have called for more blockchain adoption in the bank’s own operations and the wider, government-owned financial sector.
Per Sina, the People's Bank of China (PBoC)’s Financial Technology Committee held its first meeting of the year this week, with...
No, Donald Trump, Negative Rates Aren't a 'Gift' Bitcoin Advocates Warn
13.5.2020
What seems to be a fresh attempt to sway the Fed to take rates negative saw immediate backlash from sound-money supporters
Cambodia’s New DLT Payments Network Aims to Undermine US Dollar
13.5.2020
The director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia revealed that the central bank’s DLT payments platform will go live by the end of the year
CipherTrace Wants to Guide Central Banks on Their Digital Currency Projects
12.5.2020
The blockchain analytics firm is launching an initiative to pitch itself to central banks as both a tech partner and a guiding influence on future digital currency projects
Mauritius Central Banker Confirms Island’s Digital Currency Plans
12.5.2020
The Bank of Mauritius is inching closer to issuing a retail-focused central bank digital currency (CBDC), its governor confirmed Tuesday
Bitcoin Advocates Cry Foul as US Fed Buying ETFs for the First Time
12.5.2020
Yet another unprecedented move from the U.S. central bank to shore up the fiat economy means that it is violating its own charter, critics warn
Main Barrier to CBDC Is Philosophy, Not Tech, Says European Central Bank Rep
11.5.2020
ECB executive board, Yves Mersch, believes that the main impediment for CBDC is philosophical rather than technological
Ammous and Voorhees Come to Consensus on Failures of Centralized Powers
11.5.2020
Two of the cryptocurrency space’s most outspoken critics of central banks spoke about failures during the current coronavirus pandemic and how Bitcoin could have prevented them
Can Central Bank Digital Currencies Protect Individual Privacy?
11.5.2020
Top crypto industry and policy experts debated the privacy ramifications of state-issued virtual currencies during the first day of Consensus
Virtual Consensus 2020 Kicks Off with ECB Official Discussing CBDC
11.5.2020
Major crypto event, Consensus: Distributed, kicks off virtually, with ECB board member Yves Mersch discussing central bank digital currencies
‘Game-Changer’ Retail Digital Currency Now European Central Bank’s Focus, Board Member Says
11.5.2020
The European Central Bank is looking into what a retail central bank digital currency form of the euro might look like, executive member Yves Mersch said