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Master of Puppets: Bitcoin Cuts the Strings
23.5.2020
The centralized financial system has compromised itself several times during the last two decades alone, and now it’s time for a serious change!
Central Bank Digital Currencies Need Decentralization
23.5.2020
To reap the full benefits of digital currencies, central bankers need to consider decentralizing some authority, say the authors of a new report
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
Bitcoin Will Create a New Economic Elite in 2020
22.5.2020
The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak has clearly shown the advantages of the decentralized technologies and cryptocurrency
Money Reimagined: Designer Money for a Machine-Run Post-COVID World
22.5.2020
The pandemic is likely to accelerate a shift to automation, putting people out of work and raising the need for new types of money
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
Global Central Banking Think Tank Launches Digital Monetary Institute
22.5.2020
A global think tank for central banking, OMFIF, has announced the launch of its Digital Money Institute, aimed at bridging the gap between digital currency and traditional banking
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
Myanmar Central Bank Claims Crypto is Banned, Users Disagree
22.5.2020
Myanmar’s central bank claims crypto traders can be fined or imprisoned, but there are doubts about whether legislation backs this up
From Cash to Crypto: COVID-19 Is Changing the Way the World Sees Money
18.5.2020
Emerging technologies such as blockchain are driving the world to digitized finances in an effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic
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
South Korean Central Bank Steps up CBDC Work ‘in Response to COVID-19’
18.5.2020
The South Korean central bank has sped up its digital currency issuance progress, per a new report, with officials to begin a tech review several months ahead of schedule.
According to Chosun, the central Bank of Korea (BOK) says it has conducted a study of the technological advances required...
Blockchain as One of the Goals of Digital Government Strategy in Brazil
17.5.2020
Digital transformation with blockchain technology on a state level
COVID-19 Incentivizing Crypto and Leading Mainstream Adoption
17.5.2020
The COVID-19 crisis has pushed people to seek alternative technological solutions as blockchain and crypto become more popular
China’s Central Bank Proposes a Blockchain-based Trade-Finance Platform
14.5.2020
China’s central bank, along with other government bodies, proposed a blockchain trade financing information platform
Fed Chair Blames Coronavirus, Not ‘Usual Suspects’ for Crashed Economy
14.5.2020
The latest words from Jerome Powell suggest that there is little need to address monetary policy to avoid another market crash
China’s Central Bank Wants to Speed Up Blockchain Adoption
13.5.2020
Officials from the People’s Bank of China push to accelerate adoption of the country’s Fintech Development Plan
Chinese Central Bank Calls for Yet More Blockchain Adoption
13.5.2020
The Chinese central bank’s technology leads have called for more blockchain adoption in the bank’s own operations and the wider, government-owned financial sector.
Per Sina, the People's Bank of China (PBoC)’s Financial Technology Committee held its first meeting of the year this week, with...
No, Donald Trump, Negative Rates Aren't a 'Gift' Bitcoin Advocates Warn
13.5.2020
What seems to be a fresh attempt to sway the Fed to take rates negative saw immediate backlash from sound-money supporters
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