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WhatsApp Payments Suspended by Brazil’s Central Bank

24.6.2020
WhatsApp’s payment features have been suspended in Brazil less than one month after the Facebook-owned app rolled them out

One Step Forward and One Step Back: Why Is Russia’s Crypto Regulation Treading Water?

23.6.2020
Some Russian regulators propose a blanket ban on digital asset trading, but the country is too far along the path of crypto adoption

Digital Yuan’s Backend Development Complete, Says Chinese Official

22.6.2020
A former senior official of the People’s Bank of China said that the country has completed the backend architecture development of its digital currency

Thai Central Bank Taps Cement Company for First Digital Currency Payments

20.6.2020
The Bank of Thailand is integrating a CBDC payments system into the financials of the country’s oldest cement company in an extension of its Inthanon project

Singapore to Explore Central Bank Digital Currency With China

19.6.2020
Singapore’s central bank is looking to join forces with China in exploring central bank digital currencies

Bank of Thailand Launches Digital Currency Pilot Project

19.6.2020
The Bank of Thailand launched a project to pilot test its CBDC payment system with the largest building material provider in the country

US Fed Chair Says Private Entities Should Not Help Design Central Bank Digital Currencies

17.6.2020
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he believes central banks would have to design and implement CBDCs, not private entities

Limitless Bailouts: US Federal Reserve Announces Billion-Dollar Corporate Bond Purchase Program

16.6.2020
During the last three months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has created a system of monetary avarice, as the central bank can literally do whatever it wants with zero oversight. The American public recently witnessed the Fed’s announcement on Monday, which explained the central bank will be buying...

Canada’s Central Bank Is Serious About Designing a CBDC, Job Posting Reveals

16.6.2020
The Bank of Canada is preparing to design its own central bank digital currency (CDBC), detailing its plans in a new job posting

Korea’s Central Bank Forms Legal Panel to Advise on Possible Digital Currency Launch

15.6.2020
The Bank of Korea has set up a legal panel to advise on possible regulatory sticking points for a future CBDC issuance

South Korea to Review Legal Issues Surrounding Potential CBDC Launch

15.6.2020
The Bank of Korea has tapped six experts to assess possible legal issues surrounding the launch of a central bank digital currency

Driven by Financial Institutions, Stablecoin Acceptance Turns a Corner

14.6.2020
Crypto has turned from an inevitable future to our happening present, and stablecoins may become the industry’s cornerstone

Lebanon's Central Bank Burns as Protesters Rail Against Fiscal Failures

12.6.2020
A spiralling currency crisis in Lebanon sparked widespread protests targeting central banks an increasing embrace of digital assets

Belarusian Banks to Issue Digital Tokens in Central Bank Pilot

12.6.2020
Belarus’ central bank will allow 12 commercial and state-owned banks to launch tokens and conduct business using their digital offerings in an ambitious new pilot. The central National Bank’s plans, per Sputnik Belarus, will involve a pilot that will run from January 1, 2021, to January 1, 2024...

Indian Government Reconsiders Banning Cryptocurrency: Report

12.6.2020
The Indian government is reportedly reconsidering a plan to ban cryptocurrency and the finance ministry has initiated related inter-ministerial consultations. The move is supposedly spurred by the supreme court quashing the banking ban imposed by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)....

Russian Central Bank ‘on the Verge of’ Issuing Blockchain Mortgages

11.6.2020
Despite its disdain for all things cryptocurrency-related, Russia’s Central Bank has lost none of its enthusiasm for blockchain – and looks to be doubling down on the technology with its fast-expanding plans to issue digital, blockchain-powered mortgages. The Central Bank, which has already issued...