ECB to Set Objectives for Own Digital Currency, Lagarde Suggests
The European Central Bank (ECB) should determine objectives for its digital currency taskforce by mid-2020, ECB President Christine Lagarde said during her first policy meeting...
Lithuanian Central Bank Publishes Crypto (CBDC) Research
This year has seen the beginnings of a global race to launch central bank crypto-assets (CBDCs). No country has managed it yet but China is emerging as the clear favorite. This has...
PBoC to Test Crypto Yuan with Telecom Firms, Commercial Banks
People’s Bank of China is entering another stage of its tests for a crypto payment system. The central bank announced it had completed the preliminary tests and has turned to create...
Ex-PBoC Boss: Facebook’s Libra Will Work Better if it’s...
A former head of China’s central bank has come out to say that Facebook’s Libra would be better served under the control of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Facebook’s...
EU Might Issue Digital Currency In Response to Libra
The European Central Bank (ECB) might issue a public digital currency, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing a draft document. The move is meant to counteract the influence of Libra, the...
Bank of Canada to Fight Crypto with Own Digital Currency
The Bank of Canada (BoC) is thinking about developing a digital currency that would eventually replace fiat money completely, according to local media platform The Logic. Govt-Backed...
Binance: China’s Digital RMB To Operate As ‘Two-Tier System’
A recent report from Binance Research has looked into the potential characteristics that can be expected for the proposed digital currency of China. As members of China’s...
China Issuing Digital Currency ‘Will Drive Bitcoin...
Bitcoin proponents predict that China’s decision to create its own digital currency will ironically drive massive BTC adoption. China: Libra Dollar Peg Would Harm Sovereignty As...
CEO of Bank of America: “We Want a Cashless Society”
The banking industry accepts the fact that cryptocurrencies and other cashless payments solutions are the future. Now, the powerful traditional Bank of America has joined the...
Texas Law Threatens Cryptocurrency Users With...
Cryptocurrency lawyer and Coin Center head of research Peter van Valkenburgh has led criticism of a controversial new US law currently before lawmakers in Texas. ‘Not How Digital...
‘Totalitarian’ – Antonopoulos Slams India’s...
Andreas Antonopoulos has labeled plans from India’s central bank to create an identity-based national digital currency as “incredibly dangerous” as details emerge of a fresh...
‘Digital Currency Is Basically A Fallacy’ Says Finland...
The Bank of Finland (BoF) has released a 133-page paper arguing the concept of digital currency is an “illusion.” BoF: ‘Fundamental Nature’ Of Digital Currency...