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BIS general manager: Central banks generate trust, not big techs or “anonymous ledgers"
19.1.2022
According to the boss of the international institution owned by central banks, it is central banks that are best positioned to shape the future of money
Swiss National Bank Trials CBDC in Transactions With Five Banks
14.1.2022
The Swiss National Bank has successfully employed a wholesale CBDC to settle transactions with five commercial banks, the monetary authority announced. The tests are part of an experiment carried out together with the Bank for International Settlements and Switzerland’s financial services...
Swiss central bank tests wholesale CBDC with commercial partners
13.1.2022
The Swiss National Bank integrated wholesale CBDC in banking systems with five commercial banks as part of the second phase of Project Helvetia
BIS Claims a CBDC Interoperability Victory – While US Congressman Bids to Block Digital USD
13.1.2022
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says it has made another breakthrough in its central bank digital currency (CBDC) interoperability project – claiming that it has “successfully tested” the integration of wholesale CBDC settlement with commercial banks....
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India’s Central Bank RBI Says Crypto Is Prone to Fraud and Poses Immediate Risks to Consumer Protection
2.1.2022
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has warned about multiple risks cryptocurrency poses to the country’s financial stability. “They are also prone to frauds and to extreme price volatility,” the apex bank claims, stressing that...
BIS Exec Says Defi Is a ‘Wake-up Call’ for Regulators, Global Crypto Policy Expected in 2022
20.12.2021
A Bank of International Settlements (BIS) executive, Benoît Cœuré, says that crypto is “growing very fast” and ”becoming mainstream in different ways.” Emphasizing that decentralized finance (defi) is a “wake-up call” for financial...
Law Decoded: A different Congress hearing, Dec. 6–13
14.12.2021
Direct exchanges between U.S. lawmakers and the crypto industry could be finally taking a constructive turn
Central Banks of France, Switzerland and BIS Complete Cross-Border CBDC Trial
9.12.2021
Bank of France, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), and the Bank for International Settlements have successfully tested the application of wholesale central bank digital currency in cross-border payments. The project used distributed ledger technology and was realized with help from private firms....
Bank for International Settlements States True Decentralized Finance Is an ‘Illusion’
8.12.2021
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a finance organization comprised of several central banks, has stated that while the objective of decentralized finance is to move control of financial tools away from current financial institutions, it just provides an ‘illusion’ of doing...
Bank of International Settlement calls the rise of decentralized finance 'an illusion' in latest quarterly review
6.12.2021
Even though the total value locked in DeFi protocols has eclipsed $246 billion, it was not enough to please the BIS
BIS Sees 'Important Role' for DeFi, Pushes for Increased Regulation
6.12.2021
A new report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), sometimes called the central bank of central banks, has come to a somewhat unexpected conclusion that decentralized finance (DeFi) could play “an important role” in the traditional financial system - but warned about potential...
BIS Innovation Hub partners with Fed to support analysis of digital assets
29.11.2021
Jerome Powell cited CBDCs and digital assets in his speech to open the New York Innovation Center at the Federal Reserve's local offices
BIS: Loni došlo ke kyberútokům na politické strany. E-maily úředníků jsou problém
24.11.2021
Ačkoliv lidé během pandemie začali ve zvýšené míře používat informační technologie, útočníci nijak zvlášť své metody nezměnili. Pořád se uchylují primárně k odesílání podvodných e-mailů a dalším osvědčeným postupům. Loni pak došlo k několika útokům na české politické strany a státní instituce, kde
BIS zkoumala 5G aukci a upozorňuje na kyberútoky a průmyslovou špionáž Číny a Ruska
23.11.2021
Rusko a Čína pokračují v kybernetických a dalších aktivitách na území České republiky. Snaží se provádět kybernetické útoky, získávat informace nebo dělat průmyslovou špionáž. Ve výroční zprávě za rok 2020 to shrnula Bezpečnostní informační služba. Shrnující zprávu nedávno vydal také Národní úřad...
Ano, hledáme pana Q z Jamese Bonda, reaguje BIS na hledání bastlířů do svých řad
8.10.2021
Bezpečnostní informační služba (BIS) do svého týmu hledá pana Q. Jde o fiktivní postavu z Jamese Bonda, která má na starost divizi zpracovávající high-tech hračky pro agenta 007
The Financial System Is In 'An Age of Disruption,' BIS Official Admits
7.10.2021
tion Hub.Speaking at the Geneva Conference on the World Economy in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday, Cœuré said that “cryptocurrencies, the rapid rise of decentralized finance (DeFi), and
Výroba hraček z Jamese Bonda? BIS hledá kutily, 3D tiskaře nebo radioamatéry
6.10.2021
Chystá se vyrábět nebo už si Bezpečnostní informační služba vyrábí hračky z Jamese Bonda? Tuzemská zpravodajská organizace zveřejnila pracovní inzeráty, ve kterých hledá řemeslníky. Zajímavá je zejména pozice “technik/kutil”
Law Decoded: Infrastructure woes and benevolent punishments, Sept. 27–Oct. 3
4.10.2021
As House Democrats grapple over the infrastructure bill, the Biden administration and Federal Reserve eye stablecoin regulation
Global CBDC bridge needs public and private cooperation, says BIS
1.10.2021
Cooperation between public and private sectors would be vital for a global CBDC system, says a new joint report
Central Banks Should Allow Salaries, Social Transfers to be Paid in CBDCs - BIS
30.9.2021
ivate innovation, all the while preserving public trust.The BIS worked on the papers in cooperation with the Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, US Federal Reserve, Sweden’s Sveriges Riksbank, and the Swiss National Bank. The studies analyze policy options a