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10% of Central Banks Surveyed Close to Issuing Digital Currencies: BIS
24.1.2020
A fifth of the world's population may well have access to a central bank digital currency in as little as three years, according to a BIS survey
Notes From the WEF: Cash Is Dead, Long Live Digital Cash
24.1.2020
Consensus is building on one issue at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland: Cash is dead
Notes From the WEF: Cash Is Dead, Long Live Digital Cash
24.1.2020
Consensus is building on one issue at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland: Cash is dead
Notes From the WEF: Cash Is Dead, Long Live Digital Cash
24.1.2020
Consensus is building on one issue at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland: Cash is dead
Japanese Lawmakers Will Propose Digital Yen to Counter Libra, China: Report
24.1.2020
Around 70 politicians from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party plan to propose the nation issues its own digital currency
Japanese Lawmakers Will Propose Digital Yen to Counter Libra, China: Report
24.1.2020
Around 70 politicians from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party plan to propose the nation issue its own digital currency
Notes From the WEF: The Coming Battle Between Surveilled and Private Money
22.1.2020
Most Davos experts appear to agree that blockchain technology is best for data collection rather than self-sovereign finance
Japanese Ex-Central Banker: Libra Spurred Us to Take CBDCs Seriously
22.1.2020
The former head of payments and settlements at the Bank of Japan says Facebook’s Libra spurred institutions to look seriously into digital currency issuance
CoinDesk at WEF 2020: Crypto Themes to Watch as Davos Gets Underway
20.1.2020
Get your Fourth Industrial Revolution hardhats on. CoinDesk is at Davos to guide you through all things blockchain and crypto at the yearly confab of global leaders and their hangers-on
Guide to WEF Davos 2020: Sustainability, Stablecoins and CBDCs
20.1.2020
What will the WEF Davos 2020 mean for crypto? Check this guide to find out
The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real
17.1.2020
When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they'll confront an essential question, says Circle's Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain's ability to create value for people around the world?
Currency ‘Cold War’ Takes Center Stage at Pre-Davos Crypto Confab
16.1.2020
Cryptocurrencies could be at the heart of a new Cold War, at least according to some investors at the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz
Former CFTC Officials Ramp Up Push for Digital Dollar With Accenture Partnership
16.1.2020
Former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo and LabCFTC head Dan Gorfine are forming the Digital Dollar Foundation, working with Accenture to determine how best to create a U.S. central bank digital currency
IIF Report Predicts Global Debt Will Reach New All-Time High of $257T in 2020
15.1.2020
Global debt records were broken in 2019, but that likely won’t be the end of such ominous economic milestones, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) predicts. The number could reach $257 trillion sometime in Q1 2020, according to a recent report by the group. Economies worldwide...
ECB’s Lagarde: We Want to Develop Digital Currencies but Won’t Discourage Private Initiatives
8.1.2020
Lagarde said the ECB will continue researching CBDCs and will not stand in the way of any private initiatives
The Financial System of the Future — Who Benefits From CBDCs?
1.1.2020
Following a “successful” introduction of a digital currency, other existing payment instruments may disappear if their use falls below a critical threshold
China Takes Another Step Away From USD Hegemony
1.1.2020
The China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) announced that effective January 1, 2020, the system “will adjust weights for CFETS RMB Index,” decreasing the weighting of the USD for the second time in the currency basket’s history from 22.40% to 21.59%, and increasing the Euro...
2020 Vision: 7 Trends Bringing Blockchain Into Focus in the Year Ahead
23.12.2019
As the blockchain industry moves from experimentation to implementation, futurist David Shrier is following these seven bellwethers
Bailouts From Asia to the EU Signal Recession and Potential Crypto Opportunity
19.12.2019
China’s Hengfeng Bank is set to get a $14.2 billion bailout from both Chinese government and foreign investors. An emergency decree has been approved to bail out southern Italy’s biggest lender, Banca Popular di Bari. Germany continues to struggle with bailout pains, as regional bank...
‘Anonymity Vouchers’ Could Bring Limited Privacy to CBDCs: ECB Report
17.12.2019
Europe's central bankers have developed an "anonymity voucher" to give prospective CBDC users limited privacy in their retail transactions