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Greenback Goes Digital: US CDBC coming soon?
Mixed messages in the US concerning Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) have made it difficult to predict whether the US Federal...
Ripple - built for a CBDC?
Research shows that 80% of central banks worldwide are engaging in central bank digital currency (CBDC) related research, with banks...
Canada's VersaBank's very innovative commercial digital money released
Not only has Canada listed one of the first Bitcoin and Ether exchange traded funds the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canadian bank VersaBank...
The UK leads the West on certainty for digital assets
The UK is unveiling crypto consultations in quick succession. Shortly after the consultation into whether digital currency promotions...
Where is the dark side of digital currencies?
The link between digital currencies and criminal activity are the most well reported aspect of Bitcoin as the price rises and more people...
Digital currencies valuable to Visa's vision
During a recent Q1 Earnings Call, Visa's Chairman and CEO Alfred Kelly took the opportunity to clarify Visa's approach to digital...
French Central Bank hails first funds transaction using digital euro
The Banque de France has reportedly completed a pilot transaction with a central bank digital currency (CBDC). In The Bank announced the...
Libra seizes the ‘day’ with rebranding
The launch of Libra back in June 2019 drew swathes of attention as the Libra Association attempted to create a compliant digital currency...
China challenges G20 to charge on with CBDC co-operation
Last week, China’s President Xi Jinping urged G20 meeting attendees to support digital currency and advised that member countries should...
Australia better hop to it to keep up with a Digital Euro in the race to CBDCs
In a global race to digitise national currencies, the EU has kept good on its earlier promises to explore implementing the CBDC.
Demand for digital currencies offered by PayPal to be significantly bolstered
PayPal reinforces importance of digital currencies and the inevitability of CBDCs in recent earnings call.
The Real becomes digital or digital becomes real? The Brazilian CBDC
The Brazilian Minister of Economic Affairs, Paulo Guedes, envisions Brazil will step into the new age through issuing its own CBDC.
Australia Initial Public Offering accepting digital currency
The first known IPO (Initial Public Offering) to accept digital currency has been announced in Australia. Melbourne-based West Coast...
Powell pessimistic about purpose of CBDCs in IMF conference comments
Jerome Powell expresses his reservations about the purpose of a CBDC in the US at a recent IMF conference
JPM Coin goes live with launch of dedicated blockchain division
JPMorgan's digital currency, JPM Coin, has made its first live commercial transaction this week by a large international technology company.
DeFi takes on traditional finance; the regulatory challenges
Decentralised finance takes mainstream media but the risks and regulatory issues will likely see regulatory scrutiny.
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