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Ousting the Greenback: USD Still King as BTC and CBDCs Mount Challenge
4.6.2020
The advent of digital money will threaten the U.S. dollar’s global dominance, but it won’t be easy to dethrone the current global reserve currency
‘Post-dollar World’ May Be Run by Digital Yuan – Analysts
2.6.2020
International experts are warning that China’s forthcoming digital yuan might be gunning not only for the United States dollar, but also for bitcoin (BTC)’s market share – while slumping dollar prices have prompted some to ask if BTC currently presents a better investment opportunity than...
Digital Dollar Project Calls for 2-Tiered Distribution System in First White Paper for US CBDC
29.5.2020
The Digital Dollar Project's first white paper describes how a two-tiered system underpinning a tokenized dollar could modernize the U.S. financial system
Digital Dollar Project Releases White Paper Laying Out Groundwork for US CBDC
29.5.2020
A U.S. think tank working towards a digitized dollar has released a white paper detailing inaugural aims and use cases for a central bank digital currency
The Geopolitical Implications of a Too-Strong Dollar, Feat. Brent Johnson
28.5.2020
A macro expert joins to discuss why the U.S. dollar and economy are more broadly poised to suck the liquidity from the entire global economy
JP Morgan: CBDC Threatens Hegemony of US Dollar
22.5.2020
JPMorgan warns that control over trade finance and cross-border payment mechanisms is slipping from the U.S. amid the growth of digital currencies
Can a Digital Dollar Save the US? JPMorgan Says...It’s Complicated
22.5.2020
“No country has more to lose” than the United States as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) begin to roll out, claims US-based investment banking giant JPMorgan – which suggests that a “modest” digital fiat investment could potentially help safeguard dollar dominance for years to come.
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Digital Currencies Could Threaten US Geopolitical Power, Warns JPMorgan
22.5.2020
“There is no country with more to lose from the disruptive potential of digital currency than the United States,” say analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co
Why a Strong Dollar Is Bad for the US and Bad for the World
20.5.2020
Despite the specter of inflation from money printing, the dollar has gained strength. Here’s why that’s a problem - for everyone
Trezor Team Making a Bitcoin Wallet Chip to Disrupt Multi-M Dollar Industry
20.5.2020
SatoshiLabs, the manufacturer of the Trezor hardware wallet, has announced a new initiative, dubbed 'Tropic Square', the goal of which is to create open-source chips.
Tropic Square stands for 'TRuly OPen IC,' and is a new company built by SatoshiLabs founders Pavol Rusnák and Marek Palatinus...
Ex-CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo Joins Swiss Effort to Fund COVID Relief Projects
19.5.2020
Led by Swiss crypto exchange Lykke, a $200,000 initiative to fund tech-driven COVID-19 relief projects has tapped ex-CFTC chair Chris Giancarlo as its advisor
Square Dollar Cost Averaging Lets Users Repeat Buy Bitcoin in Cash App
19.5.2020
Bitcoin and stocks are now on the menu for Cash App users wanting to minimize the “impact of market swings,” the payment network says
As US Pumps Trillions Into Economy, Bitcoin Price Likely to Be Affected
17.5.2020
The U.S. is printing dollars and slashing interest rates to help the people, but will it affect the crypto market?
Bitcoin Halving Was Not the Apocalyptic Event Some in Crypto Feared
14.5.2020
Bitcoin’s resiliency following its halving suggests that many investors have started looking at it as a legitimate hedge against inflation
Cambodia’s New DLT Payments Network Aims to Undermine US Dollar
13.5.2020
The director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia revealed that the central bank’s DLT payments platform will go live by the end of the year
Bitcoin Eyes $9K as Billionaire VC Sees Dollar ‘Deflationary Spiral’
12.5.2020
Smoother conditions follow Bitcoin’s third block subsidy halving on Monday, but anticipation is building as fiat continues to wane
Can Central Bank Digital Currencies Protect Individual Privacy?
11.5.2020
Top crypto industry and policy experts debated the privacy ramifications of state-issued virtual currencies during the first day of Consensus
Leaders of the Digital Dollar Project Talk Privacy and the Next Century of Money
11.5.2020
Former CFTC royalty and current leaders of a U.S.-based think tank to promote a digital dollar talk privacy in new AMA
Jury Trial Scheduled for Billion Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit Against Craig Wright
11.5.2020
Florida’s Southern District Court has been dealing with the Kleiman v. Wright case for well over two years and now the lawsuit is finally going to trial. A jury trial is set for July 6, 2020, in the Miami Division courthouse before Judge Beth Bloom. Meanwhile, Craig Wright,...
The Global Contenders Trying to Displace the Dollar
8.5.2020
Could the dollar be replaced by a single new dominant currency like China’s DCEP, or is a multipolar currency world more likely?