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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

Generations of Debt: US Taxpayers Held Liable for Federal Reserve’s $6.9 Trillion Balance

20.5.2020
The central banking system in the U.S. and the country’s megabanks have manipulated the economy for quite some time and these days, the coronavirus has been a great excuse to create trillions for stimulus. A recent report from the analysts at Wall Street on Parade indicates that American...

Advances in Blockchain Drives Banks Toward Digital Currencies, Says Bank of Korea

19.5.2020
Advances in payment settlements and decentralized ledger technology are driving central banks to consider digital currencies, according to a recent Bank of Korea report

Venezuelans Can Now Use Bitcoin to Pay for Goods at 20,000 PoS Terminals

19.5.2020
Venezuelans will now be able to use bitcoin to pay for goods and services at more than 20,000 point-of-sale (PoS) terminals throughout the struggling South American country. This follows a deal between Panamanian crypto exchange Cryptobuyer and local payments processor Mega Soft to connect some...

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

Central Banks Mull Creating a CBDC, but Not on a Blockchain: Survey

15.5.2020
Forty-six central banks would consider a broader form of distributed ledger technology for a CBDC but aren't crazy about putting it on a blockchain

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...

Digifinex Live AMA Hosts Bitcoin.com Chairman – Roger Ver Talks Stimulus, Useful Cryptocurrencies, Coronavirus

14.5.2020
On May 14, Bitcoin.com Executive Chairman Roger Ver sat down with Digifinex cofounder, Kiana Shek, for an ask-me-anything (AMA) session about the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Ver explained what he thinks about the central banks printing unlimited money, the government-induced lockdowns, and...

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...