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Canada could launch CBDC sooner than expected, central bank exec says

3.12.2020
COVID-19 could force the Bank of Canada to launch a CBDC sooner than previously expected

Crypto Proves Central Banks Are Obsolete, Says UIC Barcelona Professor

2.12.2020
A Spanish economics professor said that the popularity of crypto proves that central banks have become “obsolete” in the modern world. The comments were made by professor Pablo Agnese, a tenured lecturer in the Department of Economy and Business Organization at the Universitat Internacional...

Russian central bank opposes ruble-pegged stablecoins

2.12.2020
Russia wants to follow China’s approach of banning private stablecoins pegged to its national fiat currency

ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Downplays Bitcoin’s Risks to Financial Stability, Troubled by Stablecoins

1.12.2020
ECB President Christine Lagarde downplays any risks bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could pose to financial stability and monetary sovereignty. In contrast, she sees stablecoins, such as Facebook-backed libra, as posing “serious risks.” Christine Lagarde, Bitcoin,...

Stablecoins ‘Pose Serious Risks’ to Financial Security, ECB’s Lagarde Says

30.11.2020
Stablecoins could "threaten financial security" if widely adopted, the ECB head said in a magazine interview

European central bankers predict that the digital euro is at least five years away

30.11.2020
Nobody seems to be in a rush to digitize the euro, but that could change given increasing global competition

Bilateral Saudi, UAE Digital Currency Experiment Shows Benefits of Distributed Ledgers, Central Banks Say

29.11.2020
A joint Saudi and UAE CBDC pilot found that a distributed payment system offers “significant improvement over centralized payment systems.”

UAE, Saudi Arabian central banks release report on Project Aber CBDC trial

29.11.2020
The joint report is among the most promising CBDC studies conducted by central bank authorities

Law Decoded: Cents and stability, Nov. 20–27

27.11.2020
Stablecoins and CBDCs and their related issues of privacy and surveillance lead this week's Law Decoded

Former Microsoft Engineer Says Nigerian Expatriates Are Using Bitcoin to Circumvent Country’s Overvalued Exchange Rate

26.11.2020
A former Microsoft software engineer and co-founder of Buycoins Africa Tomiwa Lasebikan says some Nigerians expatriates are now using bitcoin to circumvent the country’s overvalued exchange rate when sending remittances. According to Lasebikan, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s fixed...

Facebook’s Libra hires former OCC prosecutor and central bank expert

25.11.2020
The Libra Association has made a key hire in its pursuit of a new cryptocurrency and payments system

Economic justice doesn't need the blockchain, say advisors to ‘The Squad’

25.11.2020
Making digital cash work efficiently for public stimulus payments doesn't require a detour through blockchain technology, in the view of U.S. progressives

A digital yen will make the crypto market ‘more lively,’ says Monex CEO

25.11.2020
Oki Matsumoto, the head of Japanese financial services giant Monex, has welcomed the Bank of Japan's recent interest in central bank digital currency

Christine Lagarde: ‘The European Central Bank Cannot Go Bankrupt or Run Out of Money’

24.11.2020
In remarks that highlight flaws of the fiat currency system, the European Central Bank (ECB) president, Christine Lagarde, says the institution cannot go bankrupt even if it incurs losses running into trillions. According to Lagarde, normal bankruptcy rules do not apply to the ECB primarily because...

BIS report suggests ‘embedded‘ monitoring tool for stablecoins

24.11.2020
After proposing automated ways to monitor global stablecoins like Libra, a new report from BIS argues that a better solution may ultimately be central bank digital currencies

Hyperinflation and Rent Controls – 2020’s Telltale Signs of Economic Distress Haunts Many Nations

24.11.2020
If history serves us well, 2020 is likely a precursor to a long and dreadful economic depression throughout a myriad of countries worldwide. During the last year, economists and analysts have been discussing how specifically the United States economy and the U.S. dollar are losing global dominance...