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Retail Investors Branch to Altcoins: ‘60% of Coinbase Customers Start With Bitcoin, Only 24% Stick Exclusively’
20.5.2020
On May 13, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase published a report that shows digital currency investors are investing in alternative cryptocurrencies despite bitcoin’s 67% market dominance. Data from Coinbase shows that customers with at least five crypto purchases...
Iran Moves to Restrict Crypto Exchanges Under ‘Currency Smuggling’ Laws
19.5.2020
Legislation proposed this week would make it increasingly difficult, and risky, for cryptocurrency exchanges to sell bitcoin in Iran
Austrian Bank Raiffeisen Works on National Digital Currency Pilot
18.5.2020
Raiffeisen Bank International is extending collaboration with Polish-British fintech Billon for a new form of blockchain-based national currency tokenization
Central Banks Uninterested in Digital Currency for Consumers, Says Visa Exec
18.5.2020
Digital currency solutions that directly face consumers will not be taken seriously by central banks, according to a Visa executive
Basket Currency Could Be the Answer to Hyperinflation, Says Founder of Saga
17.5.2020
Hyperinflation is inevitable and a basket currency together with Bitcoin might be the remedy, says founder of Saga
Visa Patent Filing Would Allow Central Banks to Mint Digital Fiat Currencies Using Blockchain
15.5.2020
The filing details a way for fiat currencies, like the U.S. dollar, to be turned into a central bank digital currency
Visa Files Patent for Cryptocurrency System to Replace Cash
15.5.2020
Visa International has filed for a cryptocurrency system patent that is meant to replace physical currency. The system, which utilizes both central banks and commercial banks, leverages a private blockchain to improve the payment ecosystem. Visa’s Cryptocurrency Patent Filing The United...
Visa Files Patent Application For Digital Currency
15.5.2020
Visa has filed a patent application to create digital currency — potentially using Ethereum as the blockchain
Generation C: Shanga Mbuli – The Community Currency User
13.5.2020
There’s another upside to using Sarafu over Kenya Shillings during the Covid-19 outbreak – users don’t have to touch it
CipherTrace Wants to Guide Central Banks on Their Digital Currency Projects
12.5.2020
The blockchain analytics firm is launching an initiative to pitch itself to central banks as both a tech partner and a guiding influence on future digital currency projects
Mauritius Central Banker Confirms Island’s Digital Currency Plans
12.5.2020
The Bank of Mauritius is inching closer to issuing a retail-focused central bank digital currency (CBDC), its governor confirmed Tuesday
Main Barrier to CBDC Is Philosophy, Not Tech, Says European Central Bank Rep
11.5.2020
ECB executive board, Yves Mersch, believes that the main impediment for CBDC is philosophical rather than technological
‘Game-Changer’ Retail Digital Currency Now European Central Bank’s Focus, Board Member Says
11.5.2020
The European Central Bank is looking into what a retail central bank digital currency form of the euro might look like, executive member Yves Mersch said
How the COVID-19 Crisis Revived the Digital Dollar Debate
8.5.2020
Some Americans are still waiting for stimulus support. Would a digital dollar have helped disburse funds? Here's a breakdown of the debate
Iran to Cut 4 Zeros From Its Currency Amid Chronic Inflation and US Sanctions
7.5.2020
Iranian lawmakers have reportedly approved a plan to slash four zeros from the national currency, the rial, which has been falling sharply in value amid chronic inflation and the U.S. sanctions. The official currency will also be replaced. Economists are skeptical about how the changes will affect...
OKEx Executive: Digital Currency as a Basis of Post-Crisis World Order
7.5.2020
The world will not be the same after the COVID-19 pandemic with the necessity for the brand new global monetary system based on crypto
Guarda Wallet – Multi-Currency, Multiplatform Wallet With a Taste for Special Features
7.5.2020
Guarda wallet has been around for almost three years – the cryptocurrency storage that started out as open-source single-currency wallets in the times of market needs has now turned into a flourishing ecosystem of products and crypto management services. Many novelties have been implemented...
Bitcoin.com Wallet Users Can Now Purchase More Than $10K Worth of Cryptocurrency
5.5.2020
During the end of March, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the newly updated Bitcoin.com Wallet that features a number of new services like digital currency price tracking. The lightning-fast, noncustodial wallet allows people to store BTC and BCH, but also provides people with the ability to purchase...
The Man Who Forecast a Currency Cold War
5.5.2020
David Birch's book "The Currency Cold War" foresees a world of competing digital currencies. COVID-19 brings that future closer, he says
Lebanese Currency Collapse: Failed Policies Led to Economic Meltdown
4.5.2020
Lebanon is facing an unprecedented economic crisis and the local currency has already lost about 60% of its value. The central bank’s policies have come under fire while citizens are protesting how the government handles the economic meltdown which led to people’s living situation...