Nov 18, 20191 min read
Bank for International Settlements appoints Benoît Cœuré as head of Innovation Hub
The BIS recently appointed Benoît Cœuré (member of the European Central Bank Board) as Head of the new BIS Innovation Hub for a 5 year term.
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, NXT Law
The BIS recently appointed Benoît Cœuré (member of the European Central Bank Board) as Head of the new BIS Innovation Hub for a 5 year term.
The Australian has used the front page to attack Libra and make some serious claims about regulatory intervention - does it stack up?
The CEO of Crypto Capital has been indicted on 3 counts in New York for money laundering...
Mark Zuckerberg has defended the Libra Association and Facebook's involvement in it in a hearing before the US Congress lasting over 6 hours
Booking Holdings Inc, which operates both Kayak.com and Priceline.com, has withdrawn from Facebook's foray into the crypto space.
The Perth Mint and InfiniGold have developed GoldPass, which allows investors to buy, trade and sell tokenised gold backed by the Perth Mint
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Two US congressmen have sent a letter to the US Fed, urging the Fed to consider developing a national digital currency in light of Libra...
The Bank for International Settlement and regulators worldwide recently met in Basel to discuss the regulatory issues posed by stablecoins..
The IMF has issue their latest blog last Thursday entitled, 'Digital Currencies: The Rise of Stablecoins'.
The Council of Financial Regulators released their quarterly statement on Monday, mentioning digital currencies for the first time.
The Australian published an interesting opinion piece from Niall Ferguson of the The Hoover Institution, Stanford University on the rise...
Libra Association has announced they will be seeking a payment licence from FINMA, the Swiss Financial Services regulator. This is hot on...
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, has announced supplemental guidance for stablecoins (FINMA adopts the term stable...
The Global Digital Finance group has finalised their Code of Conduct for Stablecoins, Security Tokens and AML/KYC...
The Marshall Islands, a longtime user of the USD, is progressing with its plans to issue a sovereign digital currency on Blockchain.
