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Regulatory Roundup: Crypto ‘Inevitable’ in India, China Rankings, NY Streamlines Policy
16.12.2019
In this regulatory roundup, we cover a positive crypto story in India, China’s year-end rankings, and the European Central Bank entering the stablecoin race. We also cover the New York regulator’s proposed Bitlicense revision — the first in five years — and several other...
German Banks Increasingly Charging Retail Clients Negative Interest Rates
16.12.2019
A growing number of banks in Germany are charging retail customers negative interest rates, starting with the very first euro deposited into their accounts. At least three German banks are reportedly doing so, with more expected to follow suit in the near future. As the European Central Bank...
The Country With Europe’s Highest Interest Rate Has Cut It 5 Times This Year
14.12.2019
Around half of European countries, over 20, now have 0% interest rates and a few are already in negative territory. Ukraine, which has the highest benchmark interest rate on the continent, has just reduced it again, for the fifth time this year. The race between central banks to cut rates, when...
Why the ECB Is Getting in on the Stablecoin Game
13.12.2019
Discussing the ECB's recent comments on stable coins, the resurfacing of some prominent 2017 token projects, and a debate: is crypto for criminals?
Lagarde Sees Demand for Stablecoins, Plans to Put ECB ‘Ahead of the Curve’
13.12.2019
At her first press conference as head of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde outlined her plans to lead the ECB “ahead of the curve” in the field of digital currency. “There is clearly a demand out there that we have to respond to,” she said, referring...
ECB President: ‘We Better Be Ahead of Curve’ on Stablecoins
12.12.2019
Christine Lagarde says financial institutions should foresee the demand for stablecoins
MARKET DAILY: Nike and the ECB are Thinking with Tokens
11.12.2019
With markets continuing their slide, today we're looking at NIke's recent tokenized shoe patent and the ECB's digital currency discussions. Later, we're joined by CoinDesk analyst Galen Moore for some insight into exchange fees, token listings and more
ECB Nominee Blames Resistance to Negative Rates on Financial Illiteracy
5.12.2019
European Central Bank (ECB) executive board nominee and member of the German Council of Economic Experts, Isabel Schnabel, recently remarked at a European Parliament hearing that “This scapegoating [of the ECB] is extremely dangerous: it may damage the trust in the euro.” Schnabel...
MARKETS DAILY: Casualties Ahead in the Cryptocurrency Mining Arms Race
5.12.2019
On another down day, we're talking U.S. warnings on digital assets, a brief history of troubled but systemically important stablecoin "Tether", and a look at the arms-race in blockchain mining technology
ECB Official Says Digital Currency Could Be an Alternative to Cash
28.11.2019
A digital currency could ensure that citizens remain able to use central bank money even if cash is eventually no longer used, according to Benoît Cœuré
ECB Board Member: Global Stablecoins Pose Risks to a ‘Fragmented’ Europe
26.11.2019
Global stablecoins could exacerbate existing risks to the “autonomy and resilience of European payments systems,” says the ECB’s Benoit Coeure
ECB’s Benoit Coeure to Lead Central Banking Digital Currency Initiative
11.11.2019
Coeure is to lead the new BIS Innovation Hub in researching and perhaps developing beneficial fintech such as digital currencies
Banker Who Called Bitcoin ‘Evil Spawn’ Heads BIS Digital Currency Hub
11.11.2019
Benoît Cœuré to start a new role at Bank of International Settlements
Bitcoin ‘Is Not Real,’ Says Former European Central Bank Chief
11.11.2019
European Central Bank’s former president Jean-Claude Trichet said that Bitcoin lacks the characteristics of a currency and is purely speculative
BTC Miners: No More Basement Rigs, Greater Profits to Come
7.11.2019
As Bitcoin firms add to their arsenal, it seems there’s no stopping the BTC mining industry. But is it still profitable in 2019?
European Union to Regulate Stablecoins, Not Issue Its Own: Source
6.11.2019
Contrary to earlier reports, a source tells CoinDesk the EU isn't looking to issue its own digital currency in response to Libra
European Union to Regulate Stablecoins, Not Issue Its Own: Source
6.11.2019
Contrary to earlier reports, a source tells CoinDesk the EU isn't looking to issue its own digital currency in response to Libra
European Union to Regulate Stablecoins, Not Issue Its Own: Source
5.11.2019
Contrary to earlier reports, a source tells CoinDesk the EU isn't looking to issue its own digital currency in response to Libra
French Ministry of Education Publishes Bitcoin Resource Guide for Educators
1.11.2019
As digital currencies transform the world, concepts like Bitcoin continue to percolate into academic courses and higher education worldwide. The French Ministry of National Education’s recently published economics and social sciences resource guide for teachers discusses cryptographic money...
ECB President: ’We Should Be Happier to Have a Job Than to Have Our Savings Protected’
1.11.2019
Newly installed European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde made controversial remarks in a recent statement prior to assuming her new role. The former IMF Managing Director implored: “isn’t it true that ultimately we have done the right thing to act in favour of jobs and...