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Japan plans to form expert panel to explore digital yen: Report
30.3.2023
The ministry’s panel will reportedly focus on developing a framework for a central bank digital currency based on a technical study carried out by the Bank of Japan over the past two years
Blockchain and regulated stablecoins to be widely used by 2030, industry execs say
30.3.2023
Digital regulatory professionals have predicted the wide use of stablecoins throughout the world by the year 2030, despite the current competition between TradFi and DeFi
Bank of Japan Boss Hints CBDC & Stablecoins Can Coexist – Is Japan Edging Toward a CBDC Rollout?
30.3.2023
The central Bank of Japan (BoJ) has stated that regulated stablecoins and a forthcoming central bank digital currency (CBDC) can coexist – and has given the clearest signal so far that Japan will launch a digital yen.
The Japanese media outlet CoinPost reported that BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda...
Report: UAE Central Bank Implements Digital Currency Strategy
29.3.2023
The central bank in the United Arab Emirates said it has started implementing its digital currency strategy with partners G42 Cloud and R3. According to the central bank, the digital currency initiative is expected to “further position and solidify the UAE as a leading global financial...
Russia delays digital ruble launch testing due to lawmaking process
29.3.2023
The participating banks, however, express their readiness to proceed with the CBDC pilot
Huizhou, China, Enables Digital Yuan Tax Payments – Is CBDC Adoption Increasing?
28.3.2023
The city of Huizhou, in China’s Guangdong Province, has announced that businesses can now use the digital yuan – China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) – to make tax payments.
Per HZ News, a construction firm named Huizhou Puli Curtain Wall Engineering recently became the first firm...
Former CFTC Chair Giancarlo: A Privacy-Protecting U.S. CBDC Could ‘Take Over the World’
27.3.2023
If the U.S. were to design a digital dollar that protects the privacy of its users and is free of surveillance tools, it could reach mass adoption, the Digital Dollar Project co-founder said
Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis take on the ‘digital dollar’: Law Decoded, March 20–27
27.3.2023
Two lawmakers in one week weighed in against the possibility of a United States central bank digital currency
Novatti and AUDD take part in CBDC pilot
27.3.2023
The Novatti Group, a top-tier fintech that enables businesses to pay as well as be paid, is extremely proud to make its formal announcement about its participation, along with AUDD, in a CBDC pilot project. This will be a research-based initiative to examine potential use cases and financial...
G7 to collaborate on tighter crypto regulation: Report
26.3.2023
Leaders from Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, and the European Union are expected to outline a global cooperative strategy for digital assets in May
Report: Regulations Governing Tokenized Deposits and Crypto Assets in South Africa Set to Effect in January 2025
26.3.2023
Regulations governing tokenized deposits and crypto assets are likely to become effective on Jan. 1, 2025, a senior fintech analyst at the South African central bank has revealed. However, according to the analyst, regulators are still trying to understand or learn the risks that come with using...
Bitcoin likely to outperform all crypto assets following banking crisis, analyst explains
24.3.2023
The banking crisis is a catalyst for the next crypto bull run, in which Bitcoin will likely outperform all crypto assets, says Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone
Today in Crypto: Ethereum Foundation Doubles Bug Bounty to $500K, Oasys Partners with SBI VC Trade, The Graph Integrates with Banxa, Tether's Excess Reserves to Increase by $700M in Q1 2023
24.3.2023
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Digital Euro Key for European Payment Autonomy, ECB President Lagarde Says
24.3.2023
The digital euro has an important role in preserving the payment autonomy of Europe, the head of the eurozone’s monetary authority emphasized. The new currency, which is still under development, is meant to be sovereign and safe, cheap and widely available, Christine Lagarde assured during...
UAE Unveils CBDC Strategy, First Phase to Be Completed By Mid-2024
24.3.2023
The United Arab Emirates expects to complete the first phase of its central bank digital currency strategy over the next 12 to 15 months
The world could be facing a dark future thanks to CBDCs
23.3.2023
From forcing people to spend their money to making them save it, central banks around the world could soon use CBDCs to create a dystopian nightmare
Bank profits at risk from potential CBDC transformation of global economy: Moody’s
23.3.2023
CBDCs are here to stay, it seems, and Moody’s is looking at their implications for the global economy and international banking
Just Saying No to Digital Dollars Means Cementing the Surveillance Status Quo
23.3.2023
Political attacks on CBDCs gives a pass to existing government and commercial oversight of financial transactions, says Christopher Giancarlo, cofounder of the Digital Dollar Project
The UAE central bank signs deal for CBDC strategy
23.3.2023
The CBDC strategy was first unveiled in February as part of the central bank’s program to position the UAE as a global financial hub
US Senator Introduces Bill to Ban Direct-to-Consumer Central Bank Digital Currency
23.3.2023
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has introduced “legislation to prohibit the Federal Reserve from developing a direct-to-consumer” central bank digital currency (CBDC). The lawmaker warned that it “could be used as a financial surveillance tool by the federal government.” Another...