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Here’s what you should know about the upcoming US midterms: Law Decoded, Oct. 31–Nov. 7
7.11.2022
Despite a common mantra about the nonpartisan nature of crypto, there are certain correlations evident ahead of the United States elections
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands comes out in support of digital euro
7.11.2022
"Let us envision that better future and build a digital euro that works for all Europeans," said the queen in virtually addressing members of the European Commission
Bank of Korea Tested NFT Trading, Remittances With CBDC: Report
7.11.2022
The central bank has completed a 10-month-long experiment of a digital South Korean won
S Korea Claims Cross-border CBDC Success, Chinese Bank Chief Says e-CNY Will Boost Trade
7.11.2022
East Asia could become the central bank digital currency world’s center of gravity – with major cross-border functionality advances on the cards in China and South Korea.
In South Korea, the central Bank of Korea (BOK) has claimed that its “second phase” of pilots has now been “successfully...
Buying Bitcoin 'will quickly vanish' when CBDCs launch — Arthur Hayes
6.11.2022
Looking to buy BTC to avoid the CBDC "horror story?" The best time was "yesterday," the former BitMEX CEO says
CBDCs are a declaration of war against the banking system claims economist
4.11.2022
Richard Werner discusses decentralization's challenges and blockchain's role in it in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph
FX spot settlement in 10 seconds: NY Fed releases results of wholesale CBDC research
4.11.2022
Project Cedar successfully used custom distributed ledger technology to settle hypothetical transactions quickly “from the perspective of the Federal Reserve.”
‘Atomic Settlement’ — New York Fed Completes First Phase of Digital Dollar Experiment Called ‘Project Cedar’
4.11.2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published findings stemming from an experiment dubbed “Project Cedar,” a protocol that uses a wholesale digital dollar in order to improve financial transactions. Michelle Neal, head of the bank’s Markets Group remarked on Friday that...
Crypto News Summary: NEAR Wallet Users Jump from 2M to 20M, IRS Preparing 'Hundreds' of Crypto Cases, Top 10 Whitehats Made $42M
4.11.2022
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Canada to examine crypto, stablecoins, and CBDCs in new budget
4.11.2022
Canada’s government stated its concerns on the risks digital assets and the digitalization of money may pose to its financial system as a reason for launching the consultation
Binance CEO Sees No Threat to Crypto From Central Bank Digital Currencies — Says CBDCs Will Validate Blockchain Concept
4.11.2022
The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance does not see central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as a threat to cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin and ether. “It will validate the blockchain concept so that anybody who still has concerns about the technology will say: ‘Ok, our government...
Report: Zimbabwe Proceeding With Digital Currency Plans, Central Bank Undeterred By Slow Adoption of Nigerian CBDC
3.11.2022
Undeterred by the reported slow adoption of the Nigerian central bank digital currency, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Innocent Matshe recently said his institution will proceed with plans to launch its own digital currency. In addition to sending a team to learn from...
Singapore's MAS Starts Wholesale CBDC Project With French and Swiss Central Banks
3.11.2022
The project comes a day after the central bank announced new projects aimed at trade finance and wealth management
CZ on central bank digital currencies: 'The more we have, the better'
3.11.2022
Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao says there is room for CBDCs and crypto, and that he didn't see it as a threat to his company or the sector
Bank of International Settlement will test DeFi implementation in forex CBDC markets
2.11.2022
The centralized financial institution says the automated market making technology in DeFi can serve as a 'basis for a new generation of financial infrastructure."
Another Digital Yuan Giveaway Will See $2.75m Distributed in China’s Fuzhou
2.11.2022
China’s digital yuan pilot continues to gather pace: The nation’s central bank is teaming up with an e-commerce heavyweight in an effort to boost adoption. The parties will be giving away another $2.75m worth of coins (in e-voucher form) in the city of Fuzhou, in China’s Fujian Province....
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Chinese Central Bank Governor: User Privacy and Financial Security Key Principles Guiding CBDC Design Process
2.11.2022
According to Yi Gang, governor of China’s central bank, the process of designing the country’s digital currency is premised on two principles, the protection of user privacy as well as ensuring “financial security.” To achieve this, the central bank’s role will...
Crypto News Summary: Visa Masters of Movement FIFA NFT Auction, El Salvador Development Bank Won't Provide BTC Purchase Info, Coinbase Supports Ripple Against SEC
1.11.2022
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CBDC: Indian Central Bank Begins Digital Rupee Pilot
1.11.2022
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s central bank, has started a pilot program of its digital currency today, in cooperation with nine banks. It also released a Concept Note on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for India.
Bloomberg reported that “several lots of bonds were traded,”...
Chinese central bank exec says digital yuan will offer ‘controllable anonymity’
1.11.2022
China’s digital yuan is one of the earliest CBDCs whose pilot phase has expanded to include millions of users and billions in transaction volume