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Central bank digital currencies have the power to upend global finance
26.10.2020
Central bank digital currencies will fundamentally change our conceptions of money and its uses
US Government Agencies Propose Changes to Funds Transfer Rules-Seek to Broaden Definition of Money to Include Cryptocurrencies
25.10.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board and Fincen are seeking feedback on their proposal to lower the threshold at which financial institutions must collect and retain information on funds transfers. In their joint notice on the rule change proposal, the two U.S. agencies want a new threshold...
US AML watchdog wants info on all international crypto transactions over $250
23.10.2020
The proposed change would cut down FinCEN's longstanding $3,000 threshold
US Moves to Cast a Wider Net for Catching Money Launderers, Crypto or Otherwise
23.10.2020
The Fed and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network want to lower the threshold for reporting financial transactions and make sure crypto is included
Russia doesn’t need to be first with a digital currency, says state expert
23.10.2020
Russia is purportedly taking a fast-second strategy for the digital ruble
Bitcoin Proponents Bemoan Joe Biden’s Proposed Capital Gains Hike
20.10.2020
The U.S. presidential election is only 14 days away, and a number of bitcoin proponents have been discussing the capital gains tax implications Joe Biden plans to invoke if he wins the American presidency. According to Biden’s plan, capital gains will be raised from 21% to 39.6% for certain...
Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now
20.10.2020
The U.S. doesn't mind coming a bit late to the CBDC party, but is that the wrong approach?
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
Monetary Stability: The IMF and Fed Chair Jerome Powell Discuss Digital Currency Implications
19.10.2020
On Monday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report on crypto assets like central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and global stablecoins (GSCs). Moreover, the IMF also hosted a virtual panel that discussed digital currencies and cross-border payments with the Federal Reserve Chair...
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
Better to get it right than to be first with CBDC, says US Fed chair
19.10.2020
The U.S. already has a “safe and active dynamic domestic payment system,” Powell argued
IMF, World Bank, G7 Countries to Create Central Bank Digital Currency Rules
13.10.2020
The United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Japan will institute national digital currency banking standards with the International Monetary Fund and World Bank
Fed Reserve and 6 Other Central Banks Set Out Core Digital Currency Principles
9.10.2020
The seven central banks, along with BIS, have released a report setting out agreed core objectives that must be met by national digital currencies
Central banks detail CBDC expectations in massive joint document
9.10.2020
The report is a major step towards pushing central bank digital currencies forward
Fed Chairman Claims ‘Now Is Not the Time’ to Worry About the Federal Budget
7.10.2020
According to the Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, the road to economic recovery is far from over and the Covid-19 pandemic has fueled the tragedy. During his speech at the National Association for Business Economics annual meeting, Powell highlighted that the federal budget was essentially...
$9 Trillion in Stimulus Injections: The Fed’s 2020 Pump Eclipses Two Centuries of USD Creation
5.10.2020
Since September 2019, research shows the Federal Reserve has pumped over $9 trillion to primary dealers by leveraging enormous emergency repo operations. A recently published investigative report shows the U.S. central bank submits the daily loan tally, but the Fed will not provide the public with...
Technology itself is deflationary, Diginex CEO says
2.10.2020
Answers on money printing and rising markets during a pandemic
Bitwise Bitcoin Fund Doubles to $9M as Investor Fears Grow Over Runaway Inflation
28.9.2020
Record fiscal stimulus has pushed wealthy investors to invest in Bitwise's bitcoin fund as a means to hedge against inflation
US Federal Reserve Actively Working on Digital Dollar
26.9.2020
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors and several Federal Reserve Banks are actively working on the digital dollar. Legislation has proposed that each American could have an account at the Fed for transacting in the central bank digital currency. Several Digital Dollar Initiatives The president...
First Mover: Federal Reserve, Congress Play Game of Chicken Over Stimulus as Market Lurches
24.9.2020
Markets from stocks to bitcoin have groaned amid dimming prospects for more U.S. stimulus, and neither Congress nor the Fed are taking the lead