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China Testing Digital Currency in Major Cities, Including Beijing and Hong Kong
17.8.2020
China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced the pilot run of the country’s central bank-backed digital currency in major cities, including Beijing, Hong Kong, and Macau. It will also be tested during the 2022 Winter Olympics games in Beijing, the ministry said. China Announces Testing...
Blockchain Venture Capital Firm SPiCE VC Taps Coinbase as Digital Asset Custody Partner
17.8.2020
SpiceVC announced it has signed an agreement with Coinbase Custody, under which Coinbase will serve as the digital asset custodian for the Spice token
Buffett Bought Gold, Will Buy Bitcoin: Morgan Creek Digital Co-Founder
17.8.2020
Morgan Creek Digital’s co-founder believes that while Buffett himself is unlikely to buy Bitcoin, younger people working at his investment firm will
$217 Million Pour Into Grayscale’s Crypto Funds Following Bitcoin TV Ad Campaign
16.8.2020
Grayscale Investments announced that it has raked in record investments of $217 million the week its TV commercial campaign launched. The company’s crypto TV commercial kicked off on CNBC, MSNBC, FOX, and FOX Business. Following Grayscale, Michael Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital places...
US Regulator Charges Tech Firm, CEO in $5 Million ICO Fraud Case
16.8.2020
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) jointly charged Virginia-based Boontech and CEO, Rajesh Pavithran for fraud and registration violations. The charges stem from an initial coin offering (ICO) that raised $5 million from 1,500 investors around the world in exchange for Boon...
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Holdings Reports $38.5 Million Income for Q2: “We’ve Crossed the Rubicon’
16.8.2020
Galaxy Digital Holdings reported on Friday, August 14 that its comprehensive income for Q2 grew to $38.5 million. The figure reflects both net realized and unrealized gains from digital assets, as well as investing activities of $28.3 million. In an earnings call, Galaxy Digital President, Chris...
California Moves Forward With Digital Asset Bill
15.8.2020
Originally seeking to define digital assets, the bill now orders for a study to look at the impact of digital assets if these were securities
Good Stablecoin Rules in the EU Pave the Way for CBDCs and a Digital Euro
15.8.2020
In the EU, getting laws right on Libra could be the best way to speed up a digital euro from the European Central Bank
US Federal Reserve Reveals Building a Digital Dollar Codebase With MIT
15.8.2020
The U.S. central bank has been working on creating a digital dollar, according to a recently published transcript from Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard. On Thursday, she told participants attending “San Francisco’s Innovation Office Hours” webcast, that the Fed...
PayPal Co-Founder, DCG-Backed BTC Mining Firm Layer1 Accused of Patent Infringement
15.8.2020
Data center power management firm Lancium filed a lawsuit against Layer1 today, alleging that the BTC mining firm’s operations had infringed upon its patent
Market Update: BTC Inches Toward $12K, ETH Jumps 12%, Report Says LINK May See ‘Rough Waters’
14.8.2020
Digital currency markets have increased significantly in value during the last 24 hours as the market capitalization of all 5,700+ coins is up over 2.4% on Friday. Bitcoin has been inching toward the $12k region again and ethereum touched a high over $442 a coin during the afternoon trading...
Thailand’s Central Bank Eyes DeFi Use Cases for Its Digital Baht
14.8.2020
Thailand’s central bank assesses the chances of bringing centralized and decentralized together
Fed Is In No Rush With Decision on Digital Dollar - Governor
14.8.2020
Lael Brainard. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, CNBC Television
Following speculations about a potential upcoming digital version of the US dollar, an official with the US Federal Reserve revealed yesterday that the central bank is indeed experimenting with distributed ledger technology (DLT)...
China Set for Huge Expansion of Digital Currency Pilot
14.8.2020
The Chinese central bank is reportedly set to massively expand the scope of its digital yuan pilots – as the nation edges closer to a central bank digital currency (CBDC) issuance.
Per a report from the Wall Street Journal, the nation’s Ministry of Commerce said that the pilot – so far active...
China Expands Digital Yuan Trials to Beijing and Neighboring Provinces
14.8.2020
While there is not yet a set time for the expanded pilot program to begin, a policy framework should be complete by the end of 2020
Boston’s Federal Reserve Bank and MIT to Tackle Digital Currency Research
14.8.2020
Fed Governor Lael Brainard shares updates about the U.S. digital currency initiative and why it is crucial to understand CBDCs
China to Launch Major Expansion of Digital Currency Trials
14.8.2020
China is said to be planning additional testing of its digital yuan across a number of developed regions including Hong Kong
‘Invest In Bitcoin’ Galaxy Digital Ad Tells Financial Times Readers
14.8.2020
‘Now is the time to invest in Bitcoin,’ the full-page ad in UK-based international business newspaper Financial Times states
The Federal Reserve Is Experimenting With a Digital Dollar
13.8.2020
The Federal Reserve is actively investigating the potential impact of a digital dollar, though it has no plans to issue one anytime soon
Fed Reserve Analysts Say Common Digital Currency Distinction ‘Problematic’
13.8.2020
Bitcoin blurs the boundaries of a widely used classification of digital currencies and the distinction should be retired, say Fed experts