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[článek] Jiří Horyna (eMan): Na burzu se jdeme osvobodit od bank. Kótovaná firma taky působí důvěryhodněji
15.7.2020
[11 minut čtení] Česká vývojářská společnost eMan se v srpnu chystá na Pražskou burzu. Co ji k tomu vede, čím si před tím musela projít a proč nemíří rovnou na primární trh? Čím českou softwarovou firmu eMan zlákala pražská burza, co příprava na vstup na burzu obnášela či jak se vývojářské firmy...
Bank of England Still Debating Creation of Central Bank Digital Currency, Says Bailey
15.7.2020
Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey said Monday that the institution is still debating whether it should create a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Speaking at a webinar event, Andrew Bailey admits a CBDC will be a reality in the next few years. He, however, does not provide a time...
Covid-19 Stimulus: Banks Will Gain $18 Billion in Fees for Processing PPP Relief Loans
15.7.2020
The world’s banking cartel will gather $18 billion in fees for facilitating the settlement of small business Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) relief loans leveraged during the Covid-19 pandemic. The $640 billion in PPP relief loans stem from the CARES Act and allegedly there’s only...
Japan’s Biggest Bank to Launch Digital Token Before End of FY2020
15.7.2020
The Japanese financial giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is set to issue its own long-awaited digital currency “in the second half of the current financial year,” said its CEO.
Speaking to Mainichi, the company’s CEO Hironori Kamezawa stated that the token had experienced no shortage...
Bank of England Considering a Central Bank Digital Currency, Governor Says
14.7.2020
The U.K.'s central bank is discussing the possibility of launching a digital currency, perhaps in several years
South Korean Central Bank Launches CBDC Legal Advisory Unit
14.7.2020
The Bank of Korea in Seoul. South Korea is once again intensifying the pace of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) progress – with a central bank-run team now investigating legal obstacles that might stand in the way of digital won issuance.
Bitter political and financial rival Japan last week...
Covid-19 Forces Indians to Embrace Digital Payments but Country Still Lacks Crypto Regulation
13.7.2020
The global pandemic Covid-19 is forcing Indians to resort to digital payment platforms when settling bills as well as paying for groceries. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Indian citizens largely ignored a 2016 government decree that attempted to achieve the same, reports The Economic Times of India....
World Bank Investigates Smart Contracts as Financial Tools, With Mixed Results
13.7.2020
The World Bank has looked at the benefits of smart contracts and found the blockchain instruments to be a "limited" financial tool
Singapore’s Central Bank Eyes Commercial Role for Its Blockchain Payments Tech
13.7.2020
Project Ubin has completed its last development phase and is now being considered as the basis for commercial digital currency ventures
Much Anticipated Central Bank Digital Currencies Raise Privacy Concerns
12.7.2020
CBDCs are one of the hottest topics in the fintech space, but as their inception comes closer, serious privacy concerns come with it
Zimbabwe’s Battle To Control Currency Inadvertently Boosts Bitcoin Profile
12.7.2020
Zimbabwe’s deteriorating economic situation is forcing authorities to sign off on some desperate and controversial decisions. Some of such decisions include the abrupt suspension mobile money as well as the recent designation of Zimswitch as a national payment switch. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe...
Christophe Cieters: Monopoly Money
12.7.2020
As money developed and people opted to place it in secured storage, banks started issuing banknotes which represented a client’s deposit at the bank and the promise to redeem each note for the amount of gold it represented at a 100% reserve rate. Market exchange rates of the coins were...
How are Central Banks Exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies?
11.7.2020
At a time when enterprises are moving fast toward the adoption of blockchain technologies, central banks are exploring digital currencies as an alternative to replace their cash in circulation. A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is the digital form of fiat currency. Not to be confused with...
Bank of Lithuania Teams Up With NEM Blockchain To Launch LBCoin For Coin Collectors
11.7.2020
The Bank of Lithuania is all set to explore the opportunities and offerings of the crypto domain by the launch of its highly anticipated venture, the LBCoin Project, in collaboration with the NEM blockchain network. The product will take pride in being the world’s first digital collector coin...
Bitcoin Prize For Winners Of South Africa Mountain Bike Race
11.7.2020
About 150 mountain bikers will compete at this year’s edition of the Munga MTB race in South Africa. The race will commence in the first week of December. The top three finishers in each category will share the 1.5 bitcoin in prize money. The Bitstamp sponsored race was launched in 2015....
Ethereum and EOSIO Square Up Over Enterprise Blockchain Business in Latin America
10.7.2020
With ConsenSys in one corner and LatamLink in the other, a project backed by the Inter-American Development Bank is weighing Ethereum vs. EOS tech
Monetary Historian: Libra Will Never See The Light Of Day
10.7.2020
Economic historian Barry Eichengreen believes that stablecoins are either too fragile, or too expensive, to emerge as a dominant monetary form
US Dollar Slump Incoming: Bank of America Sees ‘Death Cross’ as Confidence in Gold Rises
9.7.2020
The US dollar is increasingly being viewed in a negative light by investors. Bank of America analysts are seeing a “Death Cross,” a bearish technical formation suggesting that a period of dollar weakness is coming. Meanwhile, confidence in gold has been rising. Investors Losing...
China’s Giant Ride-Hailing Service Didi to Pilot the Central Bank’s Digital Yuan
9.7.2020
The Chinese government and the country’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), are currently in the midst of testing a digital yuan or central bank digital currency (CBDC). Now the Chinese ride-hailing corporation Didi Chuxing will be trialing the newly developed digital yuan...
ING Joins Crypto Industry Body Working to Set Codes of Conduct
9.7.2020
The banking group has joined crypto industry body Global Digital Finance to help develop best practices for custodial firms and wallets