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Ross Ulbricht Supporters Auction Collectibles After BTC Price Wager Goes Sour
4.1.2020
Digital currency influencers have started an auction to raise money for Ross Ulbricht who is serving a double life sentence for his involvement with Silk Road. There are lots of unique items for auction including artwork, physical coins, and other collectibles. Additionally, the crypto community...
IMF Helping Philippines Become Important Crypto Market
4.1.2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is providing the Philippines with technical assistance regarding crypto assets. The IMF believes the country may become an important crypto market and has provided the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas with suggestions for the country’s crypto regulation...
Europe Central Bank Proposes ‘Unattractive’ Rates for Digital Currency
3.1.2020
ECB research suggests it would continue discouraging saving money if it issued digital currency
Early Cypherpunk Emails Reveal a Blueprint for Bitcoin
3.1.2020
The cypherpunks, a ragtag group of tech tinkerers, cryptographers, and privacy advocates, were obscure in their 1990s heyday. And it would have remained that way in perpetuity were it not for a certain Satoshi Nakamoto launching a digital currency in 2009 encapsulating their core beliefs....
MARKETS DAILY: Central Bank Digital Currencies and US Dollar Dominance in 2020
2.1.2020
With 2019 vanishing in the rear view mirror, Markets Daily is back for an insightful look into the trends that are already shaping this new decade
Why the Fed Needs to Start Issuing Digital Dollars
2.1.2020
Issuing a national digital currency could prevent losing the economic war with China
Why Nick Szabo Probably Isn’t Satoshi
2.1.2020
Search online for ‘possible creators of Bitcoin’ and Bit Gold creator Nick Szabo will always appear near the top of the list. His long history in the cypherpunk space, his writings on money, digital cash, and smart contracts, and some facts about his past have often been used to create...
Is South Korea’s Central Bank Set to Make a Digital Fiat U-turn?
2.1.2020
South Korean media commentators are asking if the central Bank of Korea (BOK) has made a policy reverse on its stance towards central bank digital currency (CBDC) issuance.
Sisa Journal reports that the BOK appears to have changed its tune on CBDCs of late.
Last month, the BOK stated that it...
Tron-Based Tether Has Ballooned to Over 900 Million Tokens, Almost 22% of Total Supply
2.1.2020
Since Tether’s (USDT) migration to other networks beside the BTC-based Omni protocol, significant shifts have taken place seeing the heavily-printed stablecoin rise to prominence also via Ethereum’s ERC20 standard and Tron’s TRC20 implementation. Ethereum-based USDT supply...
Government Confirms Crypto Profits Not Taxable in South Korea
2.1.2020
South Korea has confirmed that income tax cannot be levied on individual investors’ profits from crypto transactions under the current tax law. The government, however, is reviewing international trends and the approaches of major countries to crypto taxation in an effort to amend...
Using a VPN May Get Israeli Crypto Traders in Trouble
2.1.2020
Do you use a VPN? It’s a privacy-enhancing tool that everyone should be using, especially those with digital assets. Or do you happen to be older than the typical crypto trader? Both of these characteristics are part of a list of so-called ‘red flags’ that can get you in trouble...
China Enacts Crypto Law in Run-Up to State Digital Currency Debut
1.1.2020
China adopts crypto law two months after official approval as digital currency plans continue to evolve
Central Bank Digital Currencies: 4 Questions and Answers
1.1.2020
Tobias Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli is a Deputy Division Chief in the same Department.
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Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) is a complex and multidisciplinary topic...
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...
Etoro CEO Yoni Assia on Reaching 12 Million Users and Why Cryptos Are a Gateway to Stocks
1.1.2020
Yoni Assia is the CEO and founder of multi-asset trading platform Etoro. The brokerage firm, which enjoys a high profile within the cryptosphere, enables digital assets such as BTC and BCH to be traded alongside stocks, ETFs, and commodities. Juxtaposed between the traditional and crypto investment...
In Race for 2030 Currency Supremacy, the Dollar Is Its Own Worst Enemy
31.12.2019
As the roaring '20s begin, the U.S. dollar looks as strong as ever. But signs of decline are on the horizon
Regulatory Roundup: China Blockchain ETF, France New Crypto Rules, Tokens Like Money in Russia
31.12.2019
In this roundup, we cover Russia’s supreme court recognizing tokens as assets like money and property, France’s new crypto regulatory framework, and several industry developments in China, including a blockchain ETF filing. We also cover Japan’s world conference for decentralized...
Turkish Bank’s Blockchain Platform for Digital Gold Transfers Goes Live
31.12.2019
Major Turkish bank Takasbank has launched its blockchain-based gold transfer platform
Katherine Wu on DeFi and the Inevitability of the Digital Yuan
30.12.2019
How DeFi found its footing in 2019 and what it means that 2020 will see the launch of a Chinese digital yuan
Wazirx CEO on 2020 Outlook, RBI Ban, Crypto Regulation for India
30.12.2019
The Indian crypto community has had an eventful year, with a bill on the horizon, the RBI ban’s supreme court hearing, and the community’s efforts toward positive crypto regulation. News.Bitcoin.com interviewed Nischal Shetty, CEO of local crypto exchange Wazirx, about what the Indian...