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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

Eyeing EU Banks, Hex Trust Teams With SIA on Crypto Custody

22.10.2020
A multinational payments firm is partnering with cryptocurrency custodian Hex Trust to help its European banking clients hold digital assets

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...

Brazil is prepping an IPO for its state-run digital bank

20.10.2020
Brazilian Minister defends IPO of federal digital bank created to aid population during pandemic

New Zealand has no imminent plans to issue CBDC, says central bank exec

20.10.2020
Important questions about CBDCs remain unanswered for the Kiwi's central bank

Macro Investor Dan Tapiero Says Crypto Adoption Slow: Emerging Economies Ahead of Developed States

20.10.2020
Bitcoin and gold holder Dan Tapiero, says it is still early to talk of widespread crypto adoption as the proportion of users relative to the rest of the population remains low. Tapiero makes the remarks while referring to a study, which places Nigeria at top of the list of countries with...

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

Japanese payments firm JCB and Mizuho Bank test blockchain-based ID

19.10.2020
Fujitsu has been working on blockchain-based digital identity tools since 2019

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

Bitcoin Critic Peter Schiff’s Bank Under Spotlight in Global Tax Probe

19.10.2020
A Puerto Rico-based bank founded by long-time bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff is under investigation over suspicions it facilitated tax evasion

Bitcoin genesis block is the ‘New Testament’ of finance

17.10.2020
No need to suffer from centralized systems since the world has been offered its greatest weapon against it: cryptocurrency

Chinese Banks Stepping up Blockchain Cross-border Trade Financing

17.10.2020
Chinese banks are looking to up their cross-border trade game – with a series of new blockchain-powered innovations that could seek to reduce the nation’s dollar dependence. Per Sina, the Beijing-based China CITIC Bank, the country’s seventh-biggest lender, has become the first domestic bank...

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

Nigerian Banks Shut Them Out, So These Activists Are Using Bitcoin to Battle Police Brutality

16.10.2020
As End SARS protests against police brutality surge through Nigeria, the Feminist Coalistion has turned to bitcoin as a financial lifeline

Five Russian Commercial Banks Eager to Pilot Digital Ruble in 2021

16.10.2020
Russia’s “cryptoruble” – its central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative – is seemingly picking up momentum after years spent in limbo. Earlier this month, the Russian Central Bank announced that it would consider debuting a digital token, after a year ago stating that there was no need...