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China and Japan go full steam ahead with CBDC pilots
26.3.2021
Asia’s largest economies are pushing forward with their respective CBDC trials, with six Chinese banks offering digital wallets and Japan establishing a new committee
Jamaica Plans to Pilot a Central Bank Crypto, CBDC to Work Alongside Notes and Coinage
26.3.2021
While a number of countries are working on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), on Tuesday, the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) announced it will soon be piloting a CBDC project. The BoJ is working with a firm called Ecurrency Mint Incorporated and plans to pilot the cryptocurrency in May. Jamaican CBDC...
European Central Bank tries to quell Germans' doubts about digital euro
25.3.2021
A future digital euro wouldn't be a threat to savers, say officials from the European Central Bank
German federal bank runs successful blockchain system without a CBDC
24.3.2021
Executives at the Deutsche Bundesbank are eager to launch a blockchain-based system without the need for a CBDC — and they just might succeed
Digital Yuan Won’t Be Fully Anonymous but Offers ‘Controllable’ Privacy Protection, Says Official
24.3.2021
Privacy has been a discussion that has not gone unnoticed when it comes to the forthcoming launch of the digital yuan. The head of the People’s Bank of China-run Digital Currency Research Institute had firmly pointed out that anonymity cannot be guaranteed at all. Feature Seeks to Avoid...
China’s digital yuan will offer best privacy protection, says official
22.3.2021
The People’s Bank of China intends to enable anonymous digital yuan transactions of small amounts in order to protect “reasonable” anonymity needs
Bank of Thailand plans to regulate asset-backed stablecoins this year
19.3.2021
After issuing a warning against a Baht-pegged stablecoin produced by a South Korea-based firm, Thailand plans to introduce a series of regulations for stablecoins in 2021
CBDCs won’t entirely replace cash if the US Fed gets its way
18.3.2021
The U.S. does not want cash to go extinct in the presence of a CBDC, according to the Fed’s chairman
If a CBDC Is an ‘Instrument of Control,’ It’ll Fail – Expert
18.3.2021
A financial expert has hit out at the Russian Central Bank’s digital ruble project, hinting that it amounts to a plan to control the entire financial system – and claiming that if this is the case, it will fail both on the domestic and the international stages.
Speaking to Regnum, Konstantin Ordov...
Bank of Japan governor says CBDC preparation can't wait until hour of need
16.3.2021
In fresh remarks, Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda Haruhiko said that experiments with a domestic central bank digital currency will begin in spring 2021
China’s blockchain ambitions set in stone after mention in national five-year plan
12.3.2021
China's latest five-year plan mentions blockchain technology specifically and signals an increasing focus on the research of emerging technologies
Bank of Russia to start digital ruble trials in 2022
11.3.2021
The Bank of Russia hopes to complete a prototype platform for a digital ruble by the end of 2021
Chinese banks pilot digital yuan at Shanghai department stores
11.3.2021
The Bank of Communications and China Construction Bank conducted digital yuan trials at two major department stores in Shanghai
South Korean Shinhan Bank pilots digital currency platform with LG CNS
10.3.2021
South Korean commercial bank Shinhan Bank has built a digital won pilot platform in collaboration with LG CNS
South Korea’s Shinhan, LG CNS Unveil CBDC Platform
10.3.2021
The South Korean commercial banking giant Shinhan and LG CNS, the IT services arm of the electronics conglomerate LG, have unveiled their joint pilot platform for central bank digital currencies (CBDC).
The two firms announced they would be partnering on the platform late last year, and...
Hosting a CBDC? Only one of Bitcoin, Ethereum or XRP can do it, says report
8.3.2021
Not all cryptocurrencies have the attributes desired by central banks for hosting CBDCs
Law Decoded: Closing remarks on the future of crypto law, March 5
6.3.2021
The final Law Decoded moves away from specific news to reflect on the biggest legal issues facing crypto
Cuban Goes Dogecoin, Bitcoin's USD 100K Signal, Ripple's CBDC Plan + More news
4.3.2021
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Central bank digital currency a mixed blessing, says RBI
1.3.2021
The Reserve Bank of India has described central bank digital currencies as a mixed bag in its report on currency and finance for 2020–2021
Chinese Authorities Warn About ‘Sophisticated’ Digital Yuan Scam- Promotes Access to a ‘$186M Secret’ Government Fund
27.2.2021
As China keeps paving the way to adopt its central bank digital currency (CBDC), scammers are also actively emerging on the scene. The police in a Chinese province are now warning about a “sophisticated” CBDC-themed scam. Bogus Platform Is Set to Be Launched in March, Say Scammers...