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Mastercard Launches Digital Currency Testing Platform for Central Banks
10.9.2020
Mastercard has launched a digital currency testing platform aimed at helping central banks test their digital currencies. The system will also demonstrate how consumers can use central bank digital currencies to pay for goods and services wherever Mastercard is accepted worldwide....
Pandemic Will Speed Bitcoin Adoption, Says DBS Bank Economist
10.9.2020
When it comes to bitcoin, Singapore's DBS Bank sees a "pandemic-led acceleration of adoption."
Banks failing to identify up to 90% of suspicious crypto transactions
10.9.2020
CipherTrace believes financial institutions are failing to identify up to 90% of suspicious transactions related to crypto assets
Mastercard Releases Platform Enabling Central Banks to Test Digital Currencies
9.9.2020
Payments giant Mastercard said its new testing platform will simulate the issuance, distribution and utility of digital currencies for central banks
Mastercard launches virtual testing environment for central bank currencies
9.9.2020
Is Mastercard trying to show some central banks the folly of their ways?
Central Banks Are Driving People to Bitcoin - Morgan Stanley Exec
9.9.2020
Central banks may be inadvertently driving a generation of investors to bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptoassets, said a Morgan Stanley executive.
In an interview with CNN, Morgan Stanley’s Head of Emerging Markets and Global Macro Ruchir Sharma, opined that central banks’ actions were pushing...
Banks Are Toast but Crypto Has Lost Its Soul
8.9.2020
In becoming a high-risk, high-yield playground for dollar investors, the cryptocurrency world sold its soul, says our columnist
Ziglu launches peer-to-peer payments after getting UK e-money licence
7.9.2020
Ziglu now offers a fully regulated way to transfer Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash to other users for free
Buffett dumps Wells Fargo amplifying bull case for gold and Bitcoin
5.9.2020
Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway cut their position on Wells Fargo as the bet on Barrick Gold and rising inflation fuel the bull case for Bitcoin as well
Why Are Chinese Banks so Keen to Lodge Blockchain Patents?
5.9.2020
Chinese banks are becoming increasingly keen on registering blockchain-related patents – and experts said they believe that financial institutions are developing core technology that will see them build new business models in the years ahead.
Per media outlet Mars Finance, state-owned commercial...
Blockchain can shield banks from billion-dollar trade finance scandals, says exec
4.9.2020
Blockchain can help the trade finance industry prevent billion-dollar scandals and ease trade financing, says expert
Singapore Exchange uses blockchain to issue $300m digital bond
4.9.2020
DAML smart contract language is now used for digital bonds
Brazil could have CBDC in two years, says central bank president
4.9.2020
A central bank digital currency in Brazil may be inevitable
Long-Term Fundamentals Signal Robust Crypto Bull Market Fueled by Reckless Money Printing, Defi
3.9.2020
A robust cryptocurrency bull market is in the making, a Weiss Crypto Ratings analyst explained. Citing central banks’ “reckless money printing policies” and “the explosion in Defi innovation,” he sees long-term fundamentals favoring cryptocurrencies despite some...
Swiss crypto bank Sygnum scores approval for digital asset trading
2.9.2020
The digital Swiss franc issuer is now licensed as a "digital asset trading facility."
Three of Australia's "big four" banks bring bank guarantees on blockchain
1.9.2020
Blockchain tech could purportedly reduce the timeline of bank guarantees processes by days
US Regulator to Shake Up Banking With Federal Charters for Payment Firms
1.9.2020
Acting Comptroller of Currency (and former Coinbase exec) Brian Brooks is spearheading the move to let payment firms operate as banks across state lines
5 Chinese Banks to Build Blockchain-powered Trade Platform + More News
31.8.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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The China Banking Association (CBA), a self-regulating organization that represents China's banking sector, will team up with...
On quantitative easing, crypto and modern monetary theory
31.8.2020
Crypto needs financial products — simply positioned and simply transparent — to preserve and grow people’s assets in difficult times
Major Chinese Bank Launches Central Bank Digital Currency Wallet Briefly
29.8.2020
One of China’s biggest banks recently opened up registration for wallets using the country’s central bank-backed digital currency. There are four levels of the wallet, according to reports. However, the bank took the offer down a few hours later. China’s Digital Currency Wallet...