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South Korea Edges Closer to CBDC Rollout Without Any Comitment

9.6.2020
The Gwangandaegyo or Diamond Bridge in Busan, South Korea. The South Korean central bank has reaffirmed its digital currency plans – but continues to add disclaimers, refusing to commit to launching a digital version of its won fiat currency. Per newspaper Hankyoreh, the central Bank of Korea (BOK)...

Lithuania Is Trialing a CBDC No One Can Use – And That’s by Design

8.6.2020
The Bank of Lithuania's LBCoin digital collectible may be a gimmick, but its ambitions for blockchain tech are very, very real

Marshall Islands Seeks to Establish a "Self-Sovereign Identity" With New Blockchain-Based Currency

6.6.2020
Joel Telpner reveals some of the steps the Marshall Islands is taking to launch its national digital currency

Digital Currencies Could Replace Low-Interest Bank Accounts, Says UN Expert

5.6.2020
Low-interest rates have removed one of the few remaining incentives for holding a bank account, meaning digital currency could be a better alternative, argues a UN expert

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

Stablecoins Are the Bridge From Central Banks to Consumer Payments

30.5.2020
Stablecoins can mediate between central bank digital currencies and the consumer payments universe, says Sila's Alex Lipton

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

IMF Official Says Public-Private CBDC Offers Best of Both Worlds

28.5.2020
IMF expert says a synthetic CBDC is gaining popularity and will drive more innovation

Russia’s Biggest Bank is Buying 5000 Blockchain ATMs That Can Mine Crypto

28.5.2020
Russia’s biggest bank is spending more than $100 million on 5,000 blockchain enabled ATMs ... that are capable of mining cryptocurrency

Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Not a Replacement for Bitcoin: Grayscale

27.5.2020
Leading Bitcoin fund manager Grayscale Investments explains in its recent report that viewing CBDC as a Bitcoin replacement is incorrect

Private Firms Can Boost Central Bank Digital Currencies, IMF Official Says

26.5.2020
Synthetic CBDCs could let the private sector manage digital currencies backed by central banks, says the IMF's Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli

Digital Yuan Has No Launch Date, Bank of China Stresses Amid Rumors of Looming Rollout

26.5.2020
People’s Bank of China clarified that there is still “no timetable” on a formal digital yuan launch, despite the ongoing pilot project

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

Token Impersonates Chinese Digital Yuan as Official Launch Date Remains Unknown

22.5.2020
Third-party actors step in to impersonate the digital yuan officials, hoping to attract gullible investors

Another One-Stop-Crypto-Shop In Making, CBDC Test + More News

21.5.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. M&A news New York-based institutional trading firm Genesis has announced its acquisition of Vo1t, an insured digital custody...