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BIS joins France and Switzerland's central banks on cross-border CBDC project

10.6.2021
The central bank digital currency project will test cross-border settlement between French and Swiss fiat currencies

Fintechs Invited to Work on Georgia’s Central Bank Digital Currency

7.5.2021
National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has issued a call for companies in the fintech sector, financial institutions and technology firms to support its efforts to create a digital currency. Georgia’s central bank wants to employ new technologies to raise the efficiency of the country’s payment...

Bank of International Settlements Chief Says Cryptocurrencies Being Used to Evade Laws- Advocates for More Regulation

26.3.2021
Agustin Carstens, the general manager at the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has claimed that cryptocurrencies are “used to evade laws and should therefore face more regulation.” Carstens, who has attacked bitcoin in the past, suggests that many crypto assets are “used...

DeFi - CeFi Convergence & 'Explosive' Growth Are Coming - BIS Summit Panel

24.3.2021
Decentralized finance (DeFi) and centralized finance (CeFi) are heading towards convergence as we are entering a period of rapid development for DeFi applications worldwide, according to the participants of a panel discussion at this year’s BIS Innovation Summit, an event hosted by the Bank...

Bank of International Settlements head says cryptos require more regulation

24.3.2021
Agustín Carstens has called for cryptocurrencies to be subject to more regulations while arguing that virtual currencies have not made a significant dent in global finance

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Says Bitcoin Is a Substitute for Gold

22.3.2021
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sees cryptocurrency as a substitute for gold, rather than the dollar. However, he cautioned that crypto assets, including bitcoin, are highly volatile and not useful as a store of value. Fed Chair Sees Bitcoin as a Gold Substitute During a webinar sponsored...

BIS and SWIFT Intensify Race With Crypto For Cross-Border Payments

24.2.2021
Major players of the traditional financial industry are looking for new ways how to keep their positions, threatened by the emerging cryptoasset and decentralized finance (DeFi) industries. The Bank for International Settlements’ Innovation Hub (BISIH) and the Society for Worldwide Interbank...

BIS Chief Banker Criticizes Bitcoin as Inherently Risky, Says BTC Vulnerable to 51% Attack

29.1.2021
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) general manager Agustin Carstens has criticized bitcoin saying the asset was inherently risky and “increasingly vulnerable” to a 51% attack. A long time bitcoin (BTC) skeptic, Carstens stressed that only central banks should be issuing digital...

Central banks must play ‘pivotal role’ in digital money, says BIS exec

28.1.2021
An exec at the Bank for International Settlements wants central banks to helm the evolution of digital money

Crypto Fans 'LOL' At BIS GM Claims that Bitcoin 'May Break Down'

28.1.2021
The crypto community has reacted with incredulity after a senior Mexican economist and the boss of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) appeared to dismiss the notion of decentralized digital currencies such as bitcoin (BTC). In a recent speech, Agustín Carstens, the General Manager of...

BIS Chief Blasts Bitcoin’s Viability, Prompting Blowback From Advocates

27.1.2021
Bitcoin maximalists cried foul at the central banker's prognostications

BIS: CBDC Research Gaining Steam but Widespread Issuance Years Away

27.1.2021
Central banks remained adamant cryptocurrency does not factor into their CBDC calculus

86% Of Surveyed Central Banks Now Engage In CBDC Work - BIS

27.1.2021
As the world’s central banks are increasingly looking into central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects, their focus is shifting into more advanced stages of CBDC engagement, with more banks moving from conceptual work to experimentation, according to a new report by the Bank for International...

Central banks representing a fifth of world’s population likely to issue CBDC in 3 years: BIS

27.1.2021
Many nations are moving to advanced stages of CBDC engagement, according to the Bank for International Settlements

BIS Plans Platform for Testing Central Bank Digital Currencies in Cross-Border Payments

22.1.2021
The new platform was announced as part of the BIS Innovation Hub's priorities and programs for 2021

Alongside CBDC Plans, BIS Reveals Tokenized Green Retail Bond Pilot

22.1.2021
The headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has announced that it will begin work on a new blockchain-powered tokenization incentive, and will intensify its central bank digital currency (CBDC) operations...