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Bank of Korea Tested NFT Trading, Remittances With CBDC: Report
7.11.2022
The central bank has completed a 10-month-long experiment of a digital South Korean won
S Korea Claims Cross-border CBDC Success, Chinese Bank Chief Says e-CNY Will Boost Trade
7.11.2022
East Asia could become the central bank digital currency world’s center of gravity – with major cross-border functionality advances on the cards in China and South Korea.
In South Korea, the central Bank of Korea (BOK) has claimed that its “second phase” of pilots has now been “successfully...
Wuhan omits NFTs from metaverse plan amid regulatory uncertainty in China
7.11.2022
The Chinese government has shown a keen interest in developing a metaverse economy, but its stance on NFTs hasn’t been very clear
Crypto no more in top 10 most-cited potential risks: US central bank report
7.11.2022
The U.S.-China tensions, the Russia-Ukraine war, higher energy prices, rising inflation, the COVID-19 pandemic and cyberattacks came out as some of the most pressing financial risk concerns
Circle Starts Moving USDC Reserves Into a Blackrock-Managed Fund, Firm Expects to Be ‘Fully Transitioned’ Next Year
6.11.2022
According to the crypto firm Circle Internet Financial, the company is “deepening” its partnership with the world’s largest asset manager Blackrock. Circle disclosed that it has started to transfer USDC reserves into a Blackrock-managed fund that’s registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Crypto Exchange Bybit Does Not Plan to Sanction Russian Users Despite MAS Call, Report
6.11.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has no intention to introduce restrictions for Russian traders, despite a recent reminder by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) about the obligations of crypto providers in that respect. According to a crypto media report, the platform shared its position...
Goldman Sachs Launches Data Service to Help Investors Analyze Crypto Markets
6.11.2022
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has launched a new data service in collaboration with MSCI and Coin Metrics to help investors analyze crypto markets. The new system is “designed to provide a consistent, standardized way to help market participants view and analyze the digital assets...
While Official Figures Claim Turkey’s Inflation Rate Is 85%, Third-Party Stats Say It’s Closer to 200%
5.11.2022
Inflation has skyrocketed in Turkey as official figures from the Turkish Statistical Institute (Tüik) show the country’s inflation rate topped 85.5% year-on-year. The inflation rate in Turkey has risen for 17 consecutive months and last month it reached a 24-year high. Turkey’s Interest Rate...
Displaying US Dollar Prices Still Prohibited, Ghanaian Central Bank Tells Actress Lydia Forson
5.11.2022
The Bank of Ghana recently warned businesses quoting U.S. dollar prices that the practice is still prohibited and that the cedi remains Ghana’s sole legal tender. The bank said it is working with law enforcement to “clamp down on illegal foreign exchange operations.” In addition...
Nigerian Currency Redesign Controversy: Naira Slips by Almost 20%, Experts See Exchange Rate Reaching 1,000:1 USD Before Year End
5.11.2022
The Nigerian currency appeared to accelerate its decline versus the U.S. dollar after it slipped to a new low of 900 naira for every dollar. The currency has continued to depreciate even after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s raid on suspected illegal foreign exchange dealers....
CBDCs are a declaration of war against the banking system claims economist
4.11.2022
Richard Werner discusses decentralization's challenges and blockchain's role in it in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph
JP Morgan executes first DeFi trade on a public blockchain: Finance Redefined
4.11.2022
MakerDAO co-founder's death opened a new pandora box of conspiracy theories, based on some of his recent tweets
‘Atomic Settlement’ — New York Fed Completes First Phase of Digital Dollar Experiment Called ‘Project Cedar’
4.11.2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published findings stemming from an experiment dubbed “Project Cedar,” a protocol that uses a wholesale digital dollar in order to improve financial transactions. Michelle Neal, head of the bank’s Markets Group remarked on Friday that...
Santander Bank Limits Cryptocurrency Exchange Transactions – Find Out Why
4.11.2022
Santander UK, the UK unit of banking giant Banco Santander, has placed restrictions on crypto transactions for its customers, including a £1,000 limit on individual transactions with crypto exchanges and a £3,000 limit on total monthly transactions.
In a note to customers on Thursday, the bank...
Saxo Bank’s avg. FX volume sees a monthly gradual fall
4.11.2022
The currency market plays hide & seek, especially in October 2022. Saxo Bank reported a lower figure with larger disappointment in its Commodities section. The month-over-Month figure for average FX volume is 9%, down to $6.1 billion for October 2022. On the other hand, September 2022 painted...
JPMorgan, DBS Bank, SBI Complete Live Defi Trades on Public Blockchain
4.11.2022
JPMorgan, DBS Bank, and SBI Digital Asset Holdings have completed their first lives trades on a public blockchain using decentralized finance (defi), tokenized deposits, and verifiable credentials under the supervision of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Singapore’s central bank...
Binance CEO Sees No Threat to Crypto From Central Bank Digital Currencies — Says CBDCs Will Validate Blockchain Concept
4.11.2022
The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance does not see central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as a threat to cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin and ether. “It will validate the blockchain concept so that anybody who still has concerns about the technology will say: ‘Ok, our government...
Santander UK Limits Cryptocurrency Exchange Transactions, Bank Says Investing in Crypto ‘Can Be High Risk’
3.11.2022
On Nov. 3, Santander UK, the subsidiary of the Spanish financial giant Banco Santander, S.A., published a notice that says “investing in cryptocurrency assets can be high risk.” Furthermore, the British bank also imposed a limit on cryptocurrency exchanges using the firm’s...
Bank of England Hikes Repo Rate by 75bps — UK’s 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Jumps to 7%
3.11.2022
On Nov. 3, 2022, the Bank of England followed the U.S. Federal Reserve by codifying the eighth consecutive benchmark bank rate hike by 75 basis points (bps). The increase brings the United Kingdom’s main lending rate to 3%, after a majority of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) members voted...
Bank of England raises interest rates to 3%, largest jump in 33 years
3.11.2022
The Bank of England is trying to bring soaring inflation under control by dramatically increasing the cost of borrowing money