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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set For New Record High + More News

16.10.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Mining news Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty, or the measure of how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, is expected to rise more than...

The Bahamas Wants to Use its CBDC on International Stage

16.10.2020
When it comes to developing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), the international focus has been on China, Europe and North America – but it appears that one small Caribbean nation has stolen a march on both Asia and the West, with a digital currency to be issued next week already being lined...

Five Russian banks express interest in piloting digital ruble

16.10.2020
The first pilots of Russia’s digital currency are expected to launch in H1 2021

Former PwC partner to launch New Zealand ‘Power Dollar’ stablecoin

16.10.2020
Power Finance, led by former PwC partner, plans to launch a New Zealand digital dollar stablecoin early next year

Central banks should be ready with CBDCs, says Bank of Canada exec

15.10.2020
Timothy Lane says the central bank is developing a CBDC at "a good pace.”

‘No single digital currency will dominate the world’ Bank of Japan now says

15.10.2020
Japan's policymakers appear disconcerted by the advancement in China's CBDC iniative

The Bahamas central bank wants to make its digital 'Sand Dollar' global

15.10.2020
The Bahamas’ digital currency is currently used domestically

Starbucks and McDonald’s reportedly not testing China’s digital yuan

14.10.2020
Starbucks and McDonald’s are reportedly not part of the 3,000 merchants piloting China’s CBDC

Digital Yuan Recipient Says Chinese CBDC Is ‘Just Like Using Alipay’

14.10.2020
Many of the recipients of the recent digital yuan giveaway have spoken out to news agencies and on social media as the first non-testbed users of the forthcoming central bank digital currency (CBDC) start spending their tokens – with some stating that using the token is “no different” from using...

Reserve Bank of Australia still researching the CBDC it says it doesn’t need

14.10.2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia is continuing to explore how to design and operate a CBDC

Australian Central Bank Sees ‘No Strong Public Policy Case’ for CBDC

14.10.2020
The Australian central bank does not see a strong case for issuing a retail central bank digital currency, its head of payments policy said

The IMF, G20 and BIS Gear Up for the Central Bank Digital Currency Era

13.10.2020
New reports on digital currency design principles and regulatory standards show just how quickly the world’s bankers are moving

Blockchain Bites: G20’s CBDC Rules, Ethereum 2.0’s Tests, Blockchain’s $1.7T Boost

13.10.2020
PricewaterhouseCoopers thinks blockchain will add $1.7 trillion to the global economy while the G20 mulls CBDCs

Bank of Russia Considers Issuing Digital Ruble, Starts Public Consultations

13.10.2020
The Russian central bank said it's starting public consultations on the possibilities of issuing a CBDC

Bank of Russia issues consultation paper on digital ruble

13.10.2020
Russia’s central bank says that the digital ruble can be an “additional form of money alongside cash and non-cash.”

European Central Bank seeks public input on digital euro

13.10.2020
A digital euro would not replace cash, but complement it, says the European Central Bank

G7 Game: Keep Facebook's Libra at Bay & Work On Own CBDC

13.10.2020
Source: Adobe/bizoo_n The Group of Seven (G7) major developed economies reportedly reiterated that Facebook's Libra stablecoin can't be launched until it is properly regulated, while at the same time the club is exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). “The G7 continues to maintain that...