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The IMF, G20 and BIS Gear Up for the Central Bank Digital Currency Era

13.10.2020
New reports on digital currency design principles and regulatory standards show just how quickly the world’s bankers are moving

Bank of Russia issues consultation paper on digital ruble

13.10.2020
Russia’s central bank says that the digital ruble can be an “additional form of money alongside cash and non-cash.”

Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust Attains SEC Reporting Company Status

13.10.2020
Grayscale Investments says the registration statement on Form 10 that it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on behalf of the Ethereum Trust has become effective. This means Ethereum Trust is now an official SEC reporting company and the second digital currency investment...

IMF, World Bank, G7 Countries to Create Central Bank Digital Currency Rules

13.10.2020
The United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Japan will institute national digital currency banking standards with the International Monetary Fund and World Bank

Central Banks Haven’t Made a Good Case for Digital Currencies: WSJ’s Heard on the Street

12.10.2020
Central banks are rushing into digital currencies without considering how the risks might outweigh any benefits, the column argues

Japan must amend central bank laws to issue digital yen, says official

12.10.2020
Japan is getting more serious about the digital yen

Andreessen Horowitz Publishes ‘Crypto Startup School’ Documentary

10.10.2020
The California-based private American venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has published a documentary called “Crypto Startup School.” The documentary is different from other blockchain films, as the 30-minute video shows some of the procedures leveraged while invoking...

Digital Yuan Giveaway: China’s Shenzhen City Hands Out 10 Million Yuan in Central Bank Digital Currency

10.10.2020
A major Chinese city is giving away 10 million yuan in the country’s central bank digital currency this weekend. Recipients can use their digital yuan at 3,389 stores next week. The city aims for the giveaway to boost usage of the new government-backed digital currency. Chinese City Giving...

U.S. Vs. China: who will win the digital currency war?

9.10.2020
The U.S. needs to embrace privacy-focused crypto in order to compete with China’s digital RMB

Market Update: Bitcoin Captures $11K, Flash Buy Signals, Bollinger Band Squeeze

9.10.2020
Cryptocurrency markets are seeing decent gains on Friday following the announcement Square made the day prior about purchasing $50 million worth of bitcoin for reserves. During the morning trading sessions, the overall market capitalization of all 7,000+ crypto assets is up over 2% hovering at $340...

Bank of Japan to begin digital currency proof-of-concept in 2021

9.10.2020
In a recent document from the Bank of Japan, the central bank stressed the need for offline availability

Senior Japanese official fears China being ‘first-mover’ in digital currency

9.10.2020
China might gain control over global CBDC standards, a Japanese official warns

Fed Reserve and 6 Other Central Banks Set Out Core Digital Currency Principles

9.10.2020
The seven central banks, along with BIS, have released a report setting out agreed core objectives that must be met by national digital currencies

Hacker from the 2016 Bitfinex Breach Transfers $21M Worth of Bitcoin to Unknown Wallets

8.10.2020
On Wednesday morning (ET), around 2,034 BTC ($21.6 million) from the 2016 Bitfinex hack moved into a few unknown wallets. The action was caught by the Btcparser program as five transactions with around 400 BTC each moved for the first time in four years. On August 2, 2016, the popular digital...

China’s Digital Currency Has Been Used in 3 Million Transactions Worth Over a Billion Yuan So Far

8.10.2020
China’s central bank digital currency has been used in 3.13 million transactions worth about 1.1 billion yuan ($162 million) so far, the People’s Bank of China’s deputy governor has reportedly revealed. In addition, more than 122,000 digital wallets have been created....